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Hey All,

First, I apologize for hitting up so many different newsgroups but I wasn't
sure which one(s) would be appropriate or hold such an answers.

I was having a philosophical question about programming languages and
performance earlier today with another developer when the subject of Office
Suite came up. Neither of us knew what language was used for these popular
desktop apps nor could we find a definitive answer on the web.

Is Office Suite written entirely in C?

Are parts of the apps or some of the apps written in C++?

Thanks & Regards,

TC


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Originally it was written in C (from what I have read). Based on its current
design it certainly appears to be object oriented at this point which means
that it is (at least in part) written in C++. It would be interesting to know
if it has been entirely changed to C++ or if there are still legacy bits and
pieces written in the original C.

So I guess the answer is C++ with quite possibly still some reminants of C...
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Hey All,

First, I apologize for hitting up so many different newsgroups but I wasn't
sure which one(s) would be appropriate or hold such an answers.

I was having a philosophical question about programming languages and
performance earlier today with another developer when the subject of Office
Suite came up. Neither of us knew what language was used for these popular
desktop apps nor could we find a definitive answer on the web.

Is Office Suite written entirely in C?

Are parts of the apps or some of the apps written in C++?

Thanks & Regards,

TC



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Hey All,

First, I apologize for hitting up so many different newsgroups but I
wasn't sure which one(s) would be appropriate or hold such an answers.

I was having a philosophical question about programming languages and
performance earlier today with another developer when the subject of
Office Suite came up. Neither of us knew what language was used for these
popular desktop apps nor could we find a definitive answer on the web.

Is Office Suite written entirely in C?

Are parts of the apps or some of the apps written in C++?

Thanks & Regards,


Office is mostly written in C++


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