Need to maintain app made in the 90's by some retarded intern, it needs to maintain retro compatibility with Win2k and run on Win7+ too, is this even possible, do I need to pay a smelly Indian to do it or just tell my boss to go fuck himself?
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Anonymous2016-04-10 3:19
Read SICP.
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Anonymous2016-04-10 3:38
Specifically, read section B, chapter XIVI of volume 3 of SICP, ``Satori Edition''.
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Anonymous2016-04-10 4:23
That doesn't sound too hard. Windows is typically good on backwards compatibility. Have you considered just rewriting it? It is complicated?
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Anonymous2016-04-10 4:50
Talk your boss into migrating all company computers to GNU+Linux
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Cudder !cXCudderUE2016-04-10 5:10
Depends what you mean by "maintain", but Windows 8 will certainly run most Windows 3.x apps just fine:
Do you really need to post that filthy website just to prove a point?
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Anonymous2016-04-12 1:42
Pros: - Stable API - Decades old - Well tested - Still supported - ALWAYS WILL BE SUPPORTED - So ubiquitous, that other platforms are forced to make emulation layers for it (wine, whatever the fuck macs do) - NO ESCAPE