I read something on java.sun.com a while back which said, a complier has reached maturity when the next generation of complier can be made on it.. this was in reference to Java at the time, but as you can see it can be applied to M$'s VC++
----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:09 PM Subject: RE: [hlcoders] OT: what do langauge microsoft use for their apps? > Hello, > > I think they use C++ (Visual ?) for just about everything. As I understood > it, the .NET CLR was written in C++, as was Visual Studio. It always did my > noodle that something could compile itself, if you see what I mean. Cool > though. > > I'm also pretty sure Office is written in C++ because I remember reading an > early .NET article when they were testing some .NET migration tool (from > existing MFC to C#/CLR) they used it on the C++ Word codebase. This of > course caused some buffoon to immediately speculate that portable Word was > on the way! Ho ho ho. Microsoft stomped on that one pretty quick. > > I would hope they don't use VB for anything. Sorry, but imho, I don't think > VB is up to the job. > > Simon > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom > Sent: 07 March 2002 17:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [hlcoders] OT: what do langauge microsoft use for their apps? > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
