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The Windows 10 version is based on the Pocket Edition. MCPE is written in C++, and is already cross-platform - it runs on smartphones, tablets and games console
by scholia 11y ago
The Windows 10 version is based on the Pocket Edition. MCPE is written in C++, and is already cross-platform - it runs on smartphones, tablets and games consoles.
This doesn't mean the Education Edition will be cross-platform. It does mean that the fact that it's written in C++ doesn't prevent it from being cross-platform.
- Nullabillity 11y agoBut considering it's Microsoft, do you trust them to make it cross-platform?
- scholia 11y agoIt depends if there's a demand. How many pupils will benefit if it does? (How many schools have access to Linux or Mac OS X and not to Windows 10?) Against that, how many pupils would benefit from spending that development time -- a finite resource -- on incorporating mods into the C++ code base? It's not a pseudo-religious issue.