Re:OpenSilver – a plugin-free, open-source reimplementation ...
by pjmlp on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @02:18AM
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Office is React, because of C++.
Office and WinDev teams are the main reason why Longhorn failed, their collaboration with DevDiv wasn't particularly stellar.
They were pretty happy to redo Longhorn ideas using COM instead, then rejuvenating it into what is now UWP, naturally creating an incompatible .NET stack in the process, which might finally be done with when .NET 5 gets released.
Also Office team is so deep into C++ they even maintain their own VC++ branch.
You won't see those guys touching anything .NET beyond the absolutely necessary.
Office and WinDev teams are the main reason why Longhorn failed, their collaboration with DevDiv wasn't particularly stellar.
They were pretty happy to redo Longhorn ideas using COM instead, then rejuvenating it into what is now UWP, naturally creating an incompatible .NET stack in the process, which might finally be done with when .NET 5 gets released.
Also Office team is so deep into C++ they even maintain their own VC++ branch.
You won't see those guys touching anything .NET beyond the absolutely necessary.