-#if !defined(__CYGWIN__) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
-#include <VersionHelpers.h>
-#else
-// Cygwin does not have the IsWindows8OrGreater() API.
-// Some version of mingw does not have the API either.
+/// Determines if the program is running on Windows 8 or newer. This
+/// reimplements the helpers in the Windows 8.1 SDK, which are intended to
+/// supercede raw calls to GetVersionEx, because old Windows SDKs, Cygwin, and
+/// MinGW don't have VersionSupport.h yet.