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Windows: Prefer the Native API over Win32


As Zig has evolved, it has become a target to avoid calling Win32 APIs from `kernel32.dll` etc., instead using lower-level ones in `ntdll.dll`. This has been discussed in [#1840][gh], but this issue serves as its replacement, and a reformulation of why this practice is preferred. [gh]: https:/...

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