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LibreOffice is written in C++, actually. There are some small components written in Java, but they're optional, and you can run LibreOffice on a system that doe
by zx2c4 11y ago
LibreOffice is written in C++, actually. There are some small components written in Java, but they're optional, and you can run LibreOffice on a system that does not have Java.
- osullivj 11y agoLO's answer to Microsoft's COM is UNO, and much existing UNO code and samples is in Java. So people often get the impression that LO is Java inside.
- akie 11y agoAh, I learned something today :-) I must have been mistaken because Open Office was always insisting that I install Java for it to work, so I guess I misremembered. Thanks!
- vidarh 11y agoIt would ask for it, but it was never required to work - I've run Open Office, and Star Office before it, on many systems without Java. It just disabled some functionality.