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Windows programmers would have to learn how to code

So what if Microsoft are a "de facto" standard? The rest of the coding world - especially in projects that matter - prefer to adhere to world wide technical standards. ANSI C. for, example. The biggest task faced by Windows programmers stems from the fact that Microsoft programming language syntaxes have been deliberately corrupted by Redmond into Microsoft-only dialects. If you want to see looks of pure confusion, hang around any team porting Windows apps to any other platform. It's a shock to Microsoft programmes when bloated, inefficient code isn't acceptable. It's a shock when standard library functions in properly standardised language don't behave like bastardised Windows functions. The one and only time I had to write code that was compiled with a Microsoft compiler, said non-standard Microsoft compiler "optimised" away an essential right shift operation with an "equivalent" and the embedded system crashed and crashed and crashed. When the source code is correct and its a non-standard compiler which is introducing the errors, you KNOW you're using a noddy Operating System.

Posted by: whisperycat   Posted on: 05/03/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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