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Win32 versus WinRT – and why you should care

Posted on February 6, 2017 at 10:39 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

The discussion about Windows Cloud, the very-very latest leaked beta version of the (presumably) next version of Windows 10, prompted me to back up a second and explain the difference between Win32 and WinRT. It’s a key sticking point in what we’ve seen of Windows Cloud.

I posted it as an inaugural “information” item in the Windows forum. Take a look and tell me what I missed.

Other API, Win32, WinRT

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