Programming with Managed Extensions for Visual C++ .NET

Programming with Managed Extensions for Visual C++ .NET



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Managed Extensions essentially define a subset of the C++ language?it
looks like C++, and it smells like C++, but it is really .NET. You
might be asking yourself, ?If .NET allows me to choose between a
multitude of languages, why should I use C++ to write my .NET code??
C++ has always been a systems language, and it gives you the power and
flexibility to produce truly innovative solutions. This ethos has been
carried over to the Managed Extensions, in which you have not only the
complete features of the .NET runtime and class library but also the
full power of the unmanaged language. Indeed, C++ is the only language
in which you can mix .NET code and unmanaged code in the same source
file. The compiler also allows you to seamlessly access all your
unmanaged libraries: static-link libraries, template libraries, COM
objects, and DLLs. This easy access means that you can reuse all your
existing code and, in the few cases in which the .NET Framework class
library does not have suitable classes, use existing unmanaged
libraries. Again, no other language gives you these facilities, so no
other language can be regarded as the .NET systems language.

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