[PW] Windows programming language?

[Carol Bristow]

Visual Basic, C++ and a whole host of other applications/languages are
applications that "run on Windows" that are used to develop other
applications that "run on Windows".  I'm not sure what the underlying
language is that is used by Microsoft to actually develop the Windows
operating system.

The Wikipedia article here

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_windows_operating_system>

mentions that development of Windows 3.0 was done in assembly, but the
rest of the article that deals with the various later releases doesn't
say what language was used.  



Carol Bristow
DPRA Inc.
1655 N. Ft Myer Dr  Ste 925
Arlington, VA 22209
phone: 703-682-2612
fax: 703-528-3100


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Of Lois Fundis
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:40 PM
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Subject: [PW] Windows programming language?

One of my co-workers (on behalf of her son) wants to know what language 
Windows is programmed in. I am not entirely clear from what I've found 
on the Internet. I've found several languages mentioned (Visual BASIC 
and C++ being two) and some that "run on Windows" or "operate on a 
Windows platform" (which I'm not sure is the same thing).

Can anyone enlighten us or point us to a website or source that can? Is 
there one language that is the main one used for Windows?
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