alt Hacker NewsI think Windows and DOS do have good documents. I actually think they had way better ones than Linux at the time. But I could be wrong.
For reference:
https://jacobfilipp.com/msj-index/
And also MSDN.
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themafia • today at 12:25 AM
Was MSDN always free? I remember their access prices for the services in the late 90s and early 00s were eyewatering.
Windows programming guides provided by Microsoft were simply amazing for the time; the documentation available was excellent.
Part of the reason they did so well, companies could easily implement software using the new APIs.
Of course, they also had secret and undocumented APIs that people found and wanted to use ...