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		Alphaeus on Nov 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft Bedrock Edition is primarily targetted at the consoles (where running the Java-based Java Edition was difficult). Java Edition is still worked on (and runs on Linux) and they are trying to achieve parity between the two versions.

boogies on Nov 12, 2020 [–]

Bedrock Edition was based on the C++ rewrite for Pocket Edition and has better performance and crossplay.

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