What is the difference between the two sentences?

[Alpha_AI]

What is the difference between the two statements?

"The Maya Core itself is written in C++"
and
"The Maya Core is written in C++"

to me, "The Maya core itself is written in c++" is more casual
whereas "The Maya core is written in C++" is more professional

Is "The Maya core itself is written in c++" known as reported speech or something?

[mykwyner]

In this case, the reflexive pornoun, itself is used as an intensifier. It is considered standard usage.

"Sometimes, the reflexive pronoun is added to highlight its antecedent. A reflexive pronoun used in this appositive way is called an intensive pronoun and, in English, is accepted as standard: for example, "I, myself, wrote this" and "We gave the card to our parents, themselves"

Reflexive pronoun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Alpha_AI]

Many thanks

Ben