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Re:C++ coroutines: Initial implementation pushed to master by rleigh on Sunday January 19, 2020 @01:17PM (#22092896)
It is, but I do wonder if a large part of the problem with regard to using C++ features on Windows is the poor support for it in the ancient COFF linker and binary format they support. Lots of stuff like template export is possible with ELF which is impossible or dangerous on Windows.
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Re:C++ coroutines: Initial implementation pushed to master by wildmusings on Sunday January 19, 2020 @01:28PM (#22092969)
I can also attest that lots of “modern C++” code exists in Windows.

There is code in Windows that was written yesterday and code in Windows that was written over three decades ago.

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Re:C++ coroutines: Initial implementation pushed to master by pjmlp on Sunday January 19, 2020 @02:35PM (#22093442)
COM/UWP is the proper way to use C++ features on Windows in a inter-language way.

While not ideal exporting templates has been possible since Windows 3.1 days, as long as one sticks to a specific compiler.

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