The AI helped port a modern interface toolkit back to Windows XP, with graphics working

With the help of the AI, ported the current dev branch of Qt6 back to Windows XP with working OpenGL.

How it works

With the AI’s help, the current dev branch of the toolkit is ported back to Windows XP
Graphics work through the old system's paths

Why it’s worth knowing

Backwards across 25 years of operating system change is the long direction.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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