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Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What happened?

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752 points dceddia | 6 comments | 23 Jun 23 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source | bottom
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762236 ◴[23 Jun 23 14:33 UTC] No.36447320[source]▶
It is such a pain to write Win32 code that you didn't have time to add all the features that would slow down program launch.
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1. pkphilip ◴[23 Jun 23 14:37 UTC] No.36447374[source]▶
I know you probably meant it in jest but as someone who wrote a bunch of desktop apps at one time, it was actually easier to develop desktop apps in tools like Delphi in the 1990s than it is to develop apps now.
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2. matwood ◴[23 Jun 23 14:44 UTC] No.36447485[source]▶
For me, VB6 was the pinnacle of Windows desktop app development. When I first starting building web sites/apps it was such a huge step backwards.
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3. javajosh ◴[23 Jun 23 16:21 UTC] No.36449008[source]▶
It was/is a huge step backwards in terms of DX, but an infinite step forward for distribution. Distribution is the ONLY problem, which is why the shift happened.
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4. pcdoodle ◴[23 Jun 23 17:29 UTC] No.36449862[source]▶
Try Xojo Web, pretty neat tool with VB like web builder.
5. mike_hearn ◴[23 Jun 23 17:49 UTC] No.36450102[source]▶
But, Delphi existed mostly because of the terrible default Microsoft DX. Writing pure Win32 was indeed pretty awful (and still is).
6. matwood ◴[24 Jun 23 11:56 UTC] No.36457913{3}[source]▶
Absolutely, which is why I (we all really) put up with the mess that is/was web development.