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People are already making mods to the C++ versions even without source code, doing the same thing that was done to make mods with the java version.

https://github.com/byteandahalf/MCPE-NativeMods/wiki/1:-Maki...




Disassembling and patching a binary is a completely different thing from porting software to a different OS without access to the source code.


Yes, it is very different. I'm not sure what that has to do with Minecraft though since it's source isn't freely available.


The Java binary can be run on any system for which a JVM exists. If Microsoft ports the entire thing to a native language like C++, we are at their mercy to provide binaries for non-windows systems.




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