Sashan Govender
Aug 25, 2017 · 1 min read

The idea of feature detection I encountered when developing on Windows. circa 2000. MSDN recommended to test for the presence of a feature instead of relying on a version check of Windows to imply that the feature was there. “Relying on version information is not the best way to test for a feature.” https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724429(v=vs.85).aspx

Autoconf does a similar thing.

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