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Microsoft. I read their books. They have more principled approach towards SW. Their languages and libraries are well designed.

I have worked there and it's too big to make a general statement. Different orgs / different teams have different standards.

Seriously, creator of well-know shitty operating system with shady business practices?

Yes them, in general they have a serious approach to software engineering (though YMMV per team)