LDC2 compiling executable requiring elevated privileges?

[Laurent Tréguier]

On Sunday, 14 October 2018 at 17:49:11 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 October 2018 at 15:46:57 UTC, Laurent Tréguier 
> wrote:
>> Why should an OS decide whether an executable should be run 
>> with admin privileges ? If it has to, then it's up to the 
>> developer to explicitly ask for it...
>
> Windows supports programs written as much as 30 years ago. The 
> developer might not even be around anymore, yet they try to 
> keep the program working. Sometimes that means some weird hacks 
> in the OS.
>
> It is really good for the end user.

If it's about old programs, then Windows should apply their hacks 
only for old executables. Since it can somehow detect which 
compatibility mode to apply in a program's properties, surely it 
could decide when to and when not to try weird hacks...

Anyway, I was mostly just ranting about Windows, and I'll always 
blindly do that even if anyone tries to reason with me :)