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CppCon 2014: Zaika Antoun "Microsoft w/ C++ to Deliver Office Across Different Platforms, Part I"

CppCon · talk · Watch on YouTube

C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages

What it is

A CppCon 2014 talk from Microsoft engineers on using portable single-source C++ to deliver Office across iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. It covers architectures, techniques and lessons from real cross-platform projects.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as evidence that large production apps share a C++ core with native UI, in cross-platform and React Native or Flutter debates.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2019

What HN commenters said

  1. “There's a pretty interesting video of how the Office team uses C++ for their cross-platform efforts”

    How the Office team uses C++ across platforms

    akoeplinger, 2015-04 · Recommendation · in “Visual C++ Cross-Platform Mobile”

  2. “Pretty interesting talk about cross platform Office.”

    Cross-platform Office development, Word on Windows and Mac

    golf1052, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: c++, cppcon, microsoft office, mobile, cross-platform

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