Re:The Worst API Ever Made
by mschaef on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @07:02AM
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> When I was a kid I tried to build a windows app. Getting a notepad clone even kind of close was a triumph for me,
I remember having similar struggles. Windows programming was a huge lift. Not only were there new API's to learn, it was really an entirely different and novel architectural style.
Kerry Nietz writes about the experience of porting FoxPro from DOS to Windows... his description is apt: "Turn the program inside-out". For me, that was hard to do at a time when I was still working through how to make a normal program.
I remember having similar struggles. Windows programming was a huge lift. Not only were there new API's to learn, it was really an entirely different and novel architectural style.
Kerry Nietz writes about the experience of porting FoxPro from DOS to Windows... his description is apt: "Turn the program inside-out". For me, that was hard to do at a time when I was still working through how to make a normal program.