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C# vs Managed C++

11 Feb 2002 to 17 Feb 2002 You're a C++ programmer and have been told that from now on all your code is to target the .NET platform using the language of your choice. Do you use C# or stick with C++ and use Managed Extensions?

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(3) I'd kill Bill Gates if forced to use C# or MC.
(2) java
(1) line
(1) look at the requirements first then decide - but still holding out hope for MFC!
(1) pascal
(1) Play Football
(1) reverse enginner
(1) snake
(1) spliter
(1) star wars
(1) Switch to Linux
(1) thread
(1) tOOLtIP
(1) tracert
(1) try C#, if i don't like it, i'd switch back to C++
(1) UML
(1) Uses the most appropriate for the task at hand
(1) vbscript
(1) vbwith oracle
(1) What are managed extensions?
(1) WinTop
(1) *If* I was a C++ programmer I would stick with C++
(1) bcmenu
(1) C# for apps, C++ for games
(1) C# for everything except heavy number crunching, hoping that my C++ optimizing is better than theirs
(1) C# for GUIs, C++ for business logic
(1) C# for most things, C++ for code requiring portability or generics
(1) C# for server/web stuff, Non-Managed C++ for client apps
(1) C# is evil !
(1) C#, Managed C++ for Interop
(1) componet in word
(1) debug
(1) depends on project
(1) fortran
(1) I don't know what C# or Managed C++ is.
(1) I have no idea
(1) I just like to vote
(1) I know both. C++ for system level and resource intensive stuff (usually to create managed wrappers) and C# for higher level things
(1) I'd jump up & down with Joy (from accounting) because I would never again have to support Win32s!
(1) I'd kill myself
(1) I'd learn C# and use both, depending on the strengths of each.
(1) I'd quit - but that would be before I get fired. All I know is scripting...
(1) I'd stick with Delphi
(1) I'd use whats appropriate for the task at hand
(1) I'm a C++ programmer, but have not been told to target .NET platform
(1) insurance project
(1) interface reuse