Weird thing I've wondered about: What is the earliest use of the strange name "TextOut" for the "draw text" function? I feel like I've seen it somewhere before GDI, but I can't remember where.
Replying to @pcwalton
The Apple ][ ROM defined “cout” as the single character output function. I assume it derived from something earlier like CP/M as C++ later adopted the same terminology. TextOut seems a logical continuation of that pattern.
10:43 PM - 19 Feb 2020
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