MinGW is a popular Windows programming environment for Minimalist GNU for Windows. It combines the acclaimed GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) with Windows-specific libraries to provide a comprehensive ...

Just wondered how you guys learned the Windows API. I'm reading Programming Windows, Fifth Edition by Charles Petzold right now. So far it seems to be a pretty decent book as far as programming goes.

Microsoft and Linux are adding AI and Rust to their pipelines. Microsoft is leaning much harder into AI development than Linux. Both are expanding Rust, but neither OS will be fully Rust soon.

So what do people use nowadays? I have been stuck programming in java for backend stuff (not really against my will) but I kinda feel guilty I can't write software for my desktop platform anymore. So ...