quote:Original post by alnite
But there is a possibility of using STL in Managed C++, right?

You can use whatever you want in Managed C++ - including the STL. The only limitation is on the classes that you want to expose to other managed languages. These have to conform to a set of rules that apply to managed classes.

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Why is C# the only language that was built from the ground up to use .NET?

C#''s feature set maps almost 1-1 onto the feature set of MSIL. C# and MSIL was designed for eachother - MC++ had features tagged onto it to make it work in a managed environment.

quote: Yes, I have looked at C# codes (generated by AppWizard), and still, compared to these code I found, I still think Managed C++ is cleaner, although there aren''t much differences between them.

I am currently involved in a project which requires both MC++(for interop) and C#. I have found that if I have a choice between implementing a feature in C# or C++, I go with C# every time. The syntax and the language is just so much cleaner. C# projects also builds orders of magnitude faster than an equivalent MC++ project.
There are also some features C# has that aren''t supported in MC++ - one of them being explicit interface implementation(and MC++ doesn''t allow covariance in managed classes either). The lack of this makes it harder to utilize the CollectionBase and DictionaryBase classes to create your own strongly typed collections(this was a real issue for us).

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But the mixing of Managed and Unmanaged is something that I look for.

Indeed, and this is where MC++ shines. I don''t think I would even consider using MC++ for a standalone project, but as a tool for interoperating with an existing unmanaged codebase, it is indispensable.


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