Hacker News: el_peatonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=el_peatonHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:11:42 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by el_peaton in "Windows 1.0 and the WinAPI, 40 Years Later"]]>While I haven't daily driven Windows in years and am usually the first to criticize Microsoft. You have to give credit where credit is due; Windows backwards compatibility is simply nuts. I had never run into compatibility issues with programs or games built for older Windows version, nor have I heard of anyone who did.

]]>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:26:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48526568el_peatonhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48526568https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48526568