Cameron Laird wrote: .....
. Part of the trick is that it demands deep understanding to detect the antisynergies that arise from the interac- tions of the DLL, registry, and filesystem schemes. I know it was only this year that I realized the whole installation-requires-reboot absurdity is a consequence of DLL (mis-)design.
That's judgmental of me. What I'm saying is *I* wouldn't do an OS that way. It's certain, though, that I'll never extract as much consumer surplus as Microsoft has, so my evaluations should count for little.
what seems strange is that although the OS hasn't changed we need a whole new framework just because the compiler underwent a version change.
That would not happen in a *nix style OS because the framework is the OS. In the M$ world the $ value of causing reams of people to get the new compiler outways any sense of what would be a decent approach to OS design etc.
It's sad that people who are otherwise sensible about opensource seem to be a bit silly about the poisoned apples. There was no rational reason for me to upgrade to VC 7.x, but now I'm forced to by my preferred language.
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