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I remember watching an interview (on Channel9, probably), that mentioned that Visual C++ had code in it dating back to the 80s. Props to MS for eating its own
by nearestneighbor 17y ago
I remember watching an interview (on Channel9, probably), that mentioned that Visual C++ had code in it dating back to the 80s.
Props to MS for eating its own dog food if they rewrote everything for .NET
- wyday 17y agoI didn't say they rewrote everything for .NET. There is managed C++ which uses the CLR while also support native C++ code. So they could use code written in the 80's with managed C++. I seriously doubt they rewrote Visual Studio to be completely managed. That would be incredibly stupid for more than one reason.
- nearestneighbor 17y agoBut you did authoritatively claim that nearly all of Visual Studio is managed. The conservatism of Visual C++ alone makes me doubt that.
- wyday 17y agoI wrote sloppily. I meant the GUI when I referred to Visual Studio, and not all the compilers, linkers, utilities, etc. I apologize.