Win32 is also ancient. It is the model of programming with handles and window message loops, that was inspired by MacOS (Classic) and that the OSX abandoned 15 years ago.<p>To consider you example with text, in Windows, you also have to use GDI+ or Uniscribe to have at least passable text (without shaping, that is). Or use DirectWrite, which is about as old as Pango.<p>Even OSX went through changes, AAT&#x2F;OpenType wasn&#x27;t available when QuickDraw GX was all the rage.