Ask HN: Tutorial/Book on Building a Desktop Windowing System

By ADavison2560 · 2026-09-21 · 1 points · 0 comments

Can people please suggest a good tutorial (or even book) on building a simple Desktop Windowing System, preferably coded in a high level language such as C with small pieces of assembly where necessary. The sort of thing I have in mind is something like GEM or the early MS Windo…

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