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Eventually Microsoft rewrote it in C++ so they could run it effectively on things like iOS and Android. It took them a while to reach feature parity and some le
by 0xCMP 6y ago
Eventually Microsoft rewrote it in C++ so they could run it effectively on things like iOS and Android. It took them a while to reach feature parity and some level of compatibility between them.
The C++ one didn't have all the same features as the Java one for a while, but it ran fine on weaker hardware than the Java version needed.
- boogies 6y agoIIUC the C++ Bedrock Edition evolved from the Pocket Edition, which was announced in 2011, ~3 years before the MS acquisition in 2014 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft#Bedrock_Edition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft#Bedrock_Edition.