which language does windows 1.0 written in

VISHESH GUPTA 1 Reputation point
2021-03-04T08:55:37.587+00:00

I was thinking this question from a long time

Small BASIC
Small BASIC
A programming language created by Microsoft that serves a stepping stone for beginners from block-based coding languages to more complex text-based languages.
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  1. Nonki Takahashi 591 Reputation points
    2021-03-30T14:06:59.547+00:00

    My guess about Windows 10 is written in C#. Would you really like to know about Windows 1.0?

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  2. Kristian Virtanen 126 Reputation points
    2021-05-04T17:28:04.947+00:00

    Hmmm...i did read this question weeks ago and it has wondered myself too. Couldnt find any certain information so we can only guess.

    Windows 10 is programmed with combination of C, C#, C++ and Asm, according to wikipedia. There is no reason to doubt that information since most of the open source OS are programmed with same languages. Asm is for hardware, C & C++ there in the middle and C# propably for software what comes with the OS.

    My best guess with 1.0, that it is a combination of ASM & C. C# was not available back then but on the other hand, C++ was.

    I think 85% of any common OS is variation of Asm & C/C++/C# and some tasks are written in some specific language to cover more security/speed/etc. Seeing Pascal code in 1.0 would not surprise me either.

    I remember there was some OS done with Java, but it did not live long. No surprise though. Propably lots of other tries has be seen in era of computing.