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OpenOffice.org 3.1 releasedOpenOffice.org 3.1 releasedPosted May 8, 2009 17:11 UTC (Fri) by jordanb (guest, #45668)In reply to: OpenOffice.org 3.1 released by jmayer Parent article: OpenOffice.org 3.1 released
Maybe they swapped out one 500,000 line rendering library for a new one?
Or it's typical Java code, where 40% of it is auto-generated using wizards and another 40% is cut-and-paste with minor changes each time.
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OpenOffice.org 3.1 released Posted May 8, 2009 17:57 UTC (Fri) by khc (subscriber, #45209) [Link]
I don't know how this misconception started, but openoffice is _not_ written in Java, except for some optional components.
OpenOffice.org 3.1 released Posted May 13, 2009 13:46 UTC (Wed) by Darkmere (subscriber, #53695) [Link]
Most likely it came from the two factors of "Sun has been near the source" and "why the feck does the build require tcsh and java to even function?".
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