From the past: Win32s was both awesome and awful

WIN32S: a programmer's dream from the Windows 3.1 era Gather 'round, young 'uns, and let me give you some wisdom from the days of the Win32s compatibility library. When Windows was being made, it was a 16-bit system, meaning that pointers were short and it was painful to address much memory. I'll also share a key feature of technical decisions: how to make an early decision that you don't know the…