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Answer by Dalija Prasnikar for Should a winapi question be closed as a...

If answering the question does not require code then it is fine to close it. But in any other way no. C++ is not Delphi and translating even simple API calls from C++ to Delphi side may be hard job for...

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Answer by Steven Penny for Should a winapi question be closed as a duplicate...

If I am looking for an answer to a C++ question, I certainly dont want to reada Delphi question, and vice versa.I certainly would not want my C++ question closed as a duplicate of a Delphiquestion,...

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Answer by Braiam for Should a winapi question be closed as a duplicate if it...

Should a question with irrelevant context be closed as a duplicate if it has been asked before in another irrelevant context?The answer to that is another question: are all answers to the former...

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Answer by CodeCaster for Should a winapi question be closed as a duplicate if...

I would say it's fine. A .NET question, where C# is used to illustrate the question, can also be answered using VB.NET or F# code, as long as the type and method names are recognizable.The same applies...

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Should a winapi question be closed as a duplicate if it has been asked before...

I used my dupehammer to close this question:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41697228/how-to-prevent-users-from-closing-my-applicationas a duplicate of this one:Prevent user process from being...

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