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There are no header files involved. The whole point of this is to support running existing programs without recompiling them for the new platform.



What existing apps could you possibly want to run on a game console without at least a few modifications to make it suitable to run with the completely different control scheme and user expectations of a console.

It seems like an enormous amount of effort for an extreme edge case. It’s this weird obsession Microsoft has with the flawed idea that you should be able to run anything on every device without modifications. It’s their unwillingness to acknowledge that different types of devices require different user experiences.




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