Re: C++/CLI and Managed C++
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Actually I find it funny that Microsoft have changed their views like this - C# was and still is the first .NET language and is designed from the ground up to be a .NET language.
That's clear. Look in VS 2005 and beyond. There is small or no support for many things involving C++/CLI. For instance you don't have the Class Designer, which is such a pitty (and there won't be in VS 2007 either). There isn't any support for C++/CLI as code-behind files with XAML (VS 2007), which is a bummer. And I can continue with the examples. All this shows that C++/CLI is only a second class language for Microsoft, and C# and VB.NET are the front runners.
Re: C++/CLI and Managed C++
As an MVP I bet you'll be taking this up with Microsoft at the first opportunity...
However, it's nice to know that
(1) Microsoft are saying that C++/CLI is the language to go with if you want fast, efficient IL code.
(2) Actually no its not the best language to work in.
I know where Microsoft are coming from i.e. a business point of view rather than anything else. Or should I say supporting and considering the businesses that use their software rather than just dictating to them the way that they will do things.
Darwen.
Re: C++/CLI and Managed C++
There were a lot of questions about C++/CLI, present and future, in the slow chat. Frankly, I'm not very happy with the current commitment. It seems that we have to wait a while for the same support in the C++/CLI direction like with C#. ;)
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Originally Posted by cilu
There were a lot of questions about C++/CLI, present and future, in the
slow chat. Frankly, I'm not very happy with the current commitment. It seems that we have to wait a while for the same support in the C++/CLI direction like with C#. ;)
I read that too. I can understand that there's little commitment to C++/CLI because C# is a so much better language. What I find strange, or rather sad, is that there's no commitment to unmanaged C++ and the MFC. The only promise was that it won't disappear anytime soon.
My interpretation is: We want you to write C# programs but it's okay to throw in some unmanaged C++ when necessary. That's what MS fully supports.
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What I find strange, or rather sad, is that there's no commitment to unmanaged C++ and the MFC. The only promise was that it won't disappear anytime soon.
You got that totally wrong. There is commitment towards MFC, which will be changed to suport Vista controls, in the next version of Visual Studio, code-named 'Orcas'.
