[PW] Windows programming language?

[Mary Henning]

Hi Lois,

You're not likely to find an authoritative answer
unless it's from a 
source within Microsoft, since the Windows operating
systems (unlike 
Linux, long may it wave!) are not "open source"
software.  That is, 
you'd have to pay Microsoft beaucoup bucks in order to
view the 
operating system source code.  That said, this Wiki
suggests that the 
kernel (core) of the Windows XP operating system is
written in assembly 
language, C and C++ (among others).  Like a lot of
software, WXP is 
build by committee!

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/IN_which_Programming_language_Windows_xp_is_written

And yup, "running on Windows" and "operating on the
Windows platform" 
are pretty much the same thing.

Hope this helps!
Mary Henning


Lois Fundis wrote:
> 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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