While I concur with the tread that there is an almost total lack of classic C++ documentation; my lament is for the lack of C++/CLI examples. MSDN documentation is strongly slanted to the C# and VB developer. And, on the net, it is hard to find example code written in C++ anymore.

I currently work in C++/CLI and prefer it to C#. But, my impression is -- no one writes standard user interface code in C++ any more -- they have all moved to C#. I do not plan on moving to C#. I sure hope that MS is not lying when they tell us the C++ will be around for a long time.

A tangent: I really like C++/CLI! I rather liked managed C++; but MS did some good work with V8. For user interface stuff -- a little overhead is acceptable.

My reply suffers a contradiction. I lament a lack of C++/CLI documentation and examples; and brush off the treads suggestion that classic C and C++ are forgotten. The implication is that one should accept the new world -- while at the same time I resist C#.