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

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.

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Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
CppCon
Topic
cross-platform c++
Format
talk
Level
advanced
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2015–2019

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • There's a pretty interesting video of how the Office team uses C++ for their cross-platform efforts from CppCon 2014: [VIDEO]

    akoeplinger on Hacker News · 2015-04
    In Visual C++ Cross-Platform Mobile

  • Word for Windows and Word for Mac are much closer together than you may realize. Pretty interesting talk about cross platform Office. Part 1: [VIDEO] Part 2: [LINK]

    golf1052 on Hacker News · 2016-11
    In Microsoft Teams, the new chat-based workspace in Office 365

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