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It is, but I do wonder if a large part of the problem with regard to using C++ features on Windows is the poor support for it in the ancient COFF linker and binary format they support. Lots of stuff like template export is possible with ELF which is impossible or dangerous on Windows.

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I can also attest that lots of “modern C++” code exists in Windows.

There is code in Windows that was written yesterday and code in Windows that was written over three decades ago.

COM/UWP is the proper way to use C++ features on Windows in a inter-language way.

While not ideal exporting templates has been possible since Windows 3.1 days, as long as one sticks to a specific compiler.

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