Third-party compilers locked out of Windows Runtime development
Updated: 2012-08-31 17:25:55
Embarcadero’s chief scientist Allen Bauer has posted about the problems facing tool vendors who want want to support Microsoft’s Windows Runtime (WinRT) platform with their own compilers, which he calls “Windows 8′s ‘dirty little secret.’” The issue is that in order to enforce security and isolation in WinRT apps, Microsoft prohibits certain API calls. Even ...continue reading Third-party compilers locked out of Windows Runtime development