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[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 days ago

Fun fact: internet explorer was originally built off the File Explorer.

I kinda stopped following programming for windows a decade ago. But in sure there is some ancient code from 30 years ago that is holding some critical files together.

[-] wax@feddit.nu 1 points 4 days ago

Hah, that's an interesting tidbit

[-] vin@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 days ago

Really? Why? Anything they might share would be shared with any codebase for a window application right?

[-] terminhell@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Browsers, at the core are just file browsers. Websites are just files on another computer.

[-] vin@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 days ago

Every application is a file browser when you open/save, what's your point?

[-] terminhell@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

That a lot of the lower level components are already there. Id imagine it's easier to recycle working code than redo from scratch.

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