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The code base has changed quite a bit since 198x: - https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040525-00/?p=39193 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewth
by ygra 8y ago
The code base has changed quite a bit since 198x:
- https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040525-00/?p=39193 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040525-00/?p=...
- https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160628-00/?p=93765 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160628-00/?p=...
- https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180704-00/?p=99165 https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180704-00/?p=...
This might also explain the choice of C++. Rather than rewriting their calculation engine in another language (it works, so a rewrite is rarely a good idea), UWP (not WPF; XAML is merely an XML dialect for object graphs and works pretty much anywhere if you want it to) allows you to write the UI in C++ (C++/CX to be precise) as well, and the UI code is for the most part not that complicated that C++ is a major impediment. That, and of course, most developers for Windows applications at Microsoft are familiar and well-versed in C++. Rewriting it in JavaScript or C# may take longer.
- renholder 8y ago>Rewriting it in JavaScript or C# may take longer. This is very true. If we look at Exchange, as an example, most of it was ported to .NET between E12 (2007) and E14 (2010) but Information Store wasn't able to be fully ported to C# until E15 (2013)[0,1]. [0] - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/managed-store-exchange-2013-help https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/managed-store-exch... [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Exchange_Server#New_features_4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Exchange_...
- gardaani 8y agoIt will be interesting to see how soon they will convert it to C++/WinRT because C++/CX will be retired at some point. The first step toward full C++/WinRT support within Visual Studio and the eventual retirement of C++/CX happened today with the availability of build 17025 of the Windows SDK Insider Preview. https://moderncpp.com/2017/11/01/cppwinrt-in-the-windows-sdk/ https://moderncpp.com/2017/11/01/cppwinrt-in-the-windows-sdk...