Comment by jussij

Considering the fact that Excel had to run on multiple versions of Windows and also run on the Apple Mac I can understand why they would hate hidden dependencies.

I've experienced the joy of trying to make sure Win32 code runs on Windows 3.11 (with Win32s), Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, NT, 2000 and XP.

Generally it all works, but sure enough there are times when a small code change breaks one or more of those platforms.

Luckily these days things are much better as Win32 is a lot more consistent.