What language is microsoft's software made in?

[Adrian]

hey every1,

plz could someone tell me what language microsoft is made in?

thanx

Adrian.

p.s. i was ment to say what language is microsoft's software made in as the topic title

[neowin_hipster]

Usually a language is written in another language to begin with, however after time it becomes customary to compile a language by the language itself. I'm guessing there's c#,c,c++ combination for it. I doubt any of the other .net languages.

[JK1150]

yea, it's a C variation language, longhorn will be the new .net code if i am not mistaken

[Adrian]

so which of the c languages would you recommend me to learn, because im trying to learn atleast 8 languages before the end of my summer holidays, and i have already learnt 5.

Please can you list the languages in order of hardness, and also please in order of importance.

Thanx alot

Adrian.

[dougkinzinger]

"What language is microsoft's language made in?"

What dumb wording. Jeez. Did you graduate junior high? :blink:

Edited July 8, 2003 by dougkinzinger

[JK1150]

"What language is microsoft's language made in?"

What dumb verbage.  Jeez.  Did you graduate junior high? :blink:

wow doug, and what good reading skills you have! considering you said, "verbage" and he also said:

p.s. i was ment to say what language is microsoft's software made in as the topic title

you shouldn't insult him

as for your other question, C++ is a very good language to learn for programing

[engmike8]

once you understand the concepts of a language other ones arent to hard to pick up, usually its just sytanx that is different in terms of writting the code. when you say learn 8, how advanced do you plan on getting, that would determine how hard it becomes

Mike :ike:

ps. visual basic would be good to know, it is easy. I've learned Java, the things i did with it were pretty advanced.

what are the 5 you do know?

[Adrian]

hey every1,

plz could someone tell me what language microsoft is made in?

thanx

Adrian.

p.s. i was ment to say what language is microsoft's software made in as the topic title

excuse me, maybe if you read my post you would see that it clearly states that i made a mistake in the topic title.

P.S. Get your eyes checked, and make sure you graduated from junior high!

[AJCrowley Esq]

Hey Adrian. Trying to learn 8 languages in your summer holiday is too much, and you won't be very strong in any of the languages. Your time would be better spent picking a single language and spending your time learning it well, that way, at the end of the summer, you may not know 8 languages, but you'll be able to write a useful program. With regard to which language to learn, C++ is the old favourite, and I don't think it's going anywhere, but you might want to focus on the .net platform, for which you may prefer C# (and you'll find it a lot easier to learn as well). Good luck.

[Adrian]

i already know asp, asp.net, php, javascript, vb but i would like to know another 3, so over my summer holiday i was hoping to learn some more languages.

THANX ALOT everyone for the advice

[dougkinzinger]

hey every1,

plz could someone tell me what language microsoft is made in?

thanx

Adrian.

p.s. i was ment to say what language is microsoft's software made in as the topic title

excuse me, maybe if you read my post you would see that it clearly states that i made a mistake in the topic title.

P.S. Get your eyes checked, and make sure you graduated from junior high!

Chill there, big boy. Next time type what you mean before you hit Submit !

[Spyder Veteran]

thread title edited, problem solved. no need to be so anal about these things.

[Adrian]

Thanks spyder & soz dougkinzinger.

[uniacid]

I agree with AJCrowley Esq1 your not gonna know then very well if you try to learn too much, if you know all that I would like to see proof :)

[edgrale]

You've got it all wrong, Windows is made in BASIC :rofl:

[Mr. Black]

Microsoft software is usually written in C/C++ and sometimes, usually with Windows, uses a mix of Assembler & Machine Language for low-level functions.

[Adrian]

so Mr. Black, which language would you recommend me learning?

[uniacid]

learn C++ it'll be good for ya

[Adrian]

With regard to which language to learn, C++ is the old favourite, and I don't think it's going anywhere, but you might want to focus on the .net platform, for which you may prefer C# (and you'll find it a lot easier to learn as well). Good luck.

ok, im getting a bit confused now, because some ppl are saying that its getting old, and some say its the best

[uniacid]

C++ will be better for you trust me, its old but ppl still use it and its not crappy like Java which nobody uses anymore

[Adrian]

sorry if i am asking too many questions, but which language do microsoft tend to use more often?

[Tobbe]

Start out with VB first...

Windows is made in C, C++ and ASM for low-level things... already said though.

[Adrian]

i already know vb, so do you suggest i take on C++ or C#?

[Justin03248]

Media Center is made in C#, but it uses precompiled C++ DirectX APIs to do the drawing and multimedia (also known as mananged DirectX). With C# and managed DirectX, you can get about 97 to 98 % of the performance of C++ programs. Meida Center is the closest thing to what Longhorn will be like. Longhorn's GUI will be written in Managed DirectX (say goodbye to ****ty GDI/GDI+).

I'd suggest you learn C#... all future MS apps will be in C#.

[insanekiwi]

all is written is bs+

aka bullsh!t

d:D

[Tobbe]

i already know vb, so do you suggest i take on C++ or C#?

Learn C.

You don't have to learn all of it, but start with C and then go over to C++. Then finally C#.

If you want to become a professional programmer... I suggest that you learn everything step-by-step so that you won't get confused now at the beginning.