&gt; ll applications we all use on the client side are C&#x2F;C++&#x2F;ObjectC&#x2F;web apps.<p>Not every company is the same.<p>Since when does Apple have server frameworks for Objective-C?<p>WebObjects was re-written in Java.<p>My current customer uses everything native, with web apps just for small CRUD maintenance tasks of a few DB systems.<p>&gt; Visual Studio is C++<p>Visual Studio is a mix of C++ and .NET code, its UI infrastructure was completely rewritten in VS 2010.<p>&gt;  Even the Win10 startmenu is still a C++ application for performance reasons.<p>Have you seen the code? How sure are you that it isn&#x27;t .NET Native?<p>&gt; Even the Win8&#x2F;10 calculator app has a loading splash screen,<p>Anyone that knows WP dev, knows those splash screens are optional.<p>&gt; the FirefoxOS calc app starts faster.<p>Which is behind WP and BlackBerry in sales.