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		theg2 on Aug 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Humor: Interview with an Ex-Microsoftie Who Used t... Stack ranking wasn't around when any of this was done. This is early 90's stuff when stack ranking didn't even start until the late 90's.

icebraining on Aug 28, 2013 [–]

SysWOW64 is from the 90s?

plorkyeran on Aug 28, 2013 | [–]

The Windows on Windows name was also used for the 16-bit compatibility layer, so the WOW part is from the early 90s.

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