Perl. Most definitely perl. _Phantom_ wrote:
> 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 > > -- I think...I think it's in my basement. Let me go upstairs and check. -M.C. Escher _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
