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Microsoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code! (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by pastermil@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

wasn't it leaked already

[-] 2kool4idkwhat@lemdro.id 28 points 1 year ago

Probably yeah, but now they've officially released it under the MIT license so stuff like Wine could now potentially borrow some code to improve compatibility with Windows

[-] capital@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That thought occurred to me but is code this old even still relevant at all?

I ask this as someone who writes simple scripts and would never call themselves a coder.

[-] 2kool4idkwhat@lemdro.id 5 points 1 year ago

For the most part probably not, but Microsoft cares a lot about backwards compatibility so I imagine some of this code still lives on in Windows

Though you should take this with a grain of salt, since I'm saying this as someone who 1. never looked at Wine source code 2. used the Windows API only once, for a very small program 3. is still learning programming, so I wouldn't call myself a coder (yet) either