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Re:The Worst API Ever Made by nvy on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:15AM (#36953285)
Once, I tried to write a GUI program in pure win32, that would have a custom window shape like demoscene intros/warez cracktros.

Once.

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Re:The Worst API Ever Made by sph on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:33AM (#36953394)
Oh God you just stirred a long forgotten memory of my youth. Trying to make custom-shaped windows.

I also felt it was unreasonably hard in MFC/Visual C++ to just have a button in a different colour. The RAD system was so barebones compared to what I was used to previously with Visual Basic, and the people in Delphi could make vibrant, colourful GUIs which were a pain in the butt to do in C++.

I will always remember Delphi as the cool RAD system that could create beautiful GUIs but the language is a bit ass, so I never took the time to learn it. (I have never liked the feel of Pascal for some reason)

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Re:The Worst API Ever Made by 3dbrows on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:30AM (#36953364)
I’m sure you managed to get the MIDI background music working easily though.
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