C# is too new to have been used for stuff like that... however I dare say M$
will start using C# for UI stuff and maybe for light tasks.

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From: "Pat Magnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [hlcoders] OT: what do langauge microsoft use for their apps?


> I think too many old schoolers still assume VB to be as bad as it was
> in the old days. VB ain't C or Delphi, but realistically can do a lot
> of stuff in ye ole business app that runs just fine. The run times also
> aren't nearly as poor compared to C as they used to be.
>
> I think they use a combination of VB for GUI and C for computationally
> expensive things.
>
> Gee, I wonder why they too aren't using C#? :P What a tremendously
> silly idea. Is anyone using it?
>
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> > sorry about this post, its just that im doing a report for school and
> Im trying to find out what language was used when making things like
> Microsoft office and other Microsoft apps?
> >
> > Someone said VB but im not really sure if VB (not  vb.net) has the
> power for it all. Perhaps for the interface, but not the whole
> processing system behind it...
> >
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