Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'

sanitation@lemmy.radio · 1 day ago

Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'

The_Decryptor@aussie.zone · 8 hours ago

Ehh, TCP has issues with mobile connectivity and is designed around the idea that 1 logical application stream should map to 1 TCP connection, which causes issues.

But that’s why we’ve got QUIC now.

Other than that though, TCP is fine. If all you need is simple in-order delivery of a stream of bytes it’s hard to beat.