Re:Computer History Museum Interview with David Cutler (2018...
by shadowofneptune on Saturday June 25, 2022 @03:53AM
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My favorite details from the book:
The project got slowed down because Microsoft management allowed the Presentation Manager to be written in C++. Nobody on the team was familiar with the language and being the early 90s it was still immature. The 'rewrite it in Rust' of its time.
It's a book old enough that the concept of email has to be explained to the reader, as well as why Gates would spend so much time checking his email.
The project got slowed down because Microsoft management allowed the Presentation Manager to be written in C++. Nobody on the team was familiar with the language and being the early 90s it was still immature. The 'rewrite it in Rust' of its time.
It's a book old enough that the concept of email has to be explained to the reader, as well as why Gates would spend so much time checking his email.