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.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Magnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > -- > > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > > 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... > > > > --tom > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > Eighty percent of life is showing up. > -- Woody Allen > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders

