Originally Posted by
Ancient Dragon
The guy didn't say win32 api was going to be obsolete, discontinued or no longer supported, just that win32 api is deprecated (ancient but still supported for backward compatability). The preferred method of writing NEW programs is with Visual Studio .NET or parts of it such as C#. C porogramming skills in the MS-Windows world are quickly becoming obsolete -- programmers must either keep their skills upgraded or expect to someday be without a job. Some (many?) programmers may scoff at that, but how many CPM (predessor of MS-DOS) , MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 programmers are still around today? Either keep your programming skills current or die by the wayside.