Martyn is still on the team. He even recently posted on the VC++ team blog...take a look at http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2006/06/12/628353.aspx
Martyn answered such question about the use of WinSxS in deploying the CRT. Here a nice explanation on his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/martynl/archive/2005/10/13/480880.aspx
One reason is that the same code base using the VC2005 compiler will resullt in most cases in better code generation (higher performance) since you can just trigger the newer optimizations.
As for the first question, the answer is Yes. We realize that we need to do better job in generating documentation and samples for C++/CLI. Gradually you should be seeing improvements.
We have seen some teams using C# and recently some started using C++/CLI. Very hard really without current actual data to say which is the language of choice.
We believe it is going to be a mixed world. It really all depends on your application. Steve mentions more details at http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=391421
Per the suggestion of the person who started the thread, I cleaned it and kept information that could be needed by others to view. Also, marked as resolved.
The answer for your first question is YES. VC++ 2005 allows you develop pure native applications without the need for .Net to run your application. All editions of VS2005 allows you to do so....
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As mentioned is previous posts, native VC++ development will always be important for microsoft. I agree with you that there has been more stress on the .Net side. On the...
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We are for sure taking all such feedback in consideration. I really doubt that you will see major changes in the Orcas time frame. Please at any time feel free to use the product feedback center to...
As you indicated, the tool partially exists but not supported and not fully complete neither tested. However, we may release it on a case per cae basis. please feel free to ping me at aymans at...
As you all indicated, I can confirm that VC++ will be there for a long time. With regard to the promotion part, we are currently working on that and gradually you will see a difference there.
We are excited to partner with CodeGuru on this slow chat. Activities like this are great since they give us the opportunity to connect more directly with the C++ community. As Brad...