Is Learning the win32 API Worthwhile?

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Published on 2009-02-22T23:13:13Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 16:40 UTC
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I was certain that somebody would have specifically asked this question, but from what I can see no-one has (there's been a question about learning win32 but that doesn't cover whether it's worthwhile doing so).

I am very interested in gaining a deeper understanding of all the systems I use (I mostly program in C#, at least professionally), so I wondered, very simply - is learning win32 worthwhile, or is it overkill? Am I wasting my time? Is the knowledge I'd gain worth the effort?

Similar / related questions on StackOverflow:

Does it still make sense to learn low level WinAPI programming?
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