Hello

Cross posting from the VC Blog (again)

Thanks
Damien
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Thanks, Damien. I don't know why I can't log in.

Anyhow, you answered the question I meant to ask, but I don't think you answered it adequately.

I believe it to be an unnecessary burden to have to develop with different languages in different platforms and I feel it leads to a "Jack of all trades master of none" type of skillset. It would be nice if the .Net tools offered more support to C++ especially since C# doesn't have destructors among other oddities.

As I see it, the main additions to C++/CLI over C++ are reference handles (gc memory) and events/delegates. Why can't the new, similar features in C++0x be implemented using what was done with C++/CLI but preserving the C++0x syntax?

IMHO, you've put too much emphasis on RAD features. While C++/CLI is great for migrating into .Net, I think you'd get much more support for .Net if you had full support for C++ whether it be C++/CLI or C++0x.