C# and VC++

Is C# is the extension of VC++??

[Tom Archer]

C# is the next generation of C++ in the same way that C++ was the next step for C.

Cheers,
Tom Archer
Web Master - CodeGuru

[Akademos]

It's seems that MS has stolen a lot from java. This step is logical after MS can't conquering Java
So you can't say C# is the next step of c++. You can say c# is a weapon against Sun and Jave

[Dinu]

I don't fink so. Sun's Java is based on UNIX. C# is based on MFC. How can it be a weapon against SUN? Before C#, to write a Java program for UNIX platform you used SUN's Java and you'll use it after releasing of C# as well.

Dinu Sco*****

[Eddie Velasquez]

Well, Sun wasn't very original with Java either! It's not very clear that C# is intended to be a weapon against Sun or Java either. C# seems to be targeted to Microsoft developers (VB, VC++ and VJ++). I don't think it'll lure any significant amount of developers from the Java camps.

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[Cgcomp_x]

From the sounds of it, C# seems to be the meeting place for VB and C++ developers. I dont see any reason why this would take over Java. Now if this turns out to be more powerful(better) than Java, well then so be it. Only time will tell.

[ALM]

I believe you're correct but only if you're talking about the Windows platforms (as if the others matter much :-).

I see it more as a replacement for Microsoft's Java with added support for COM.

Regards,
Alvaro

Whatever it is its gotta be better than that pile of crap visual c++ 6.0 or that toy basic. Competition from Java has forced Microsoft to try to improve its development stuff. These guys won't do anything unless they have to.

LOL: "C# is the next generation of C++" You *are* joking, aren't you?

[Tom Archer]

I take it you're not on the alpha or at the PDC. All the new stuff (e.g., ADO+, WinForms, MSXML 3.0, etc.) is being done in VB7 or C#. C# is going to supercede C++. However, just as C++ didn't completely replace C, there will be applications still written in C++. They will just become fewer and fewer.

Cheers,
Tom Archer
Web Master - CodeGuru

If you're thinking in a narrow Windows mindset, possibly. However, I don't believe that Microsoft will prevent C++ programmers from accessing new Windows technologies such as ADO+. Okay, they may push C# as the way to go, the same way they've pushed/encouraged VB as the way to go to write Windows front-ends.

I was thinking more of the language and the wider programming world outside Windows. No way on Earth is C# the next generation of C++. Can you do generic programming in it? Can you write for embedded/portable devices in it (not just CE/PocketPC)? Can you write operating systems in it? Can you write middleware for Unix servers in it? No, No, No and No again. Maybe in the future if C# does become a cross-platform, non-proprietary, and fully general-purpose language. A big maybe, IMHO

[Andreas Masur]

I'm still the same opinion. Nothing in the near future will be replace C++. Maybe microsoft is thinking about replacing their own enhancement of ANSI C++, called Visual C++ with C#, but it will never replace ANSI C++. AFAIK C# is only a language which should replace microsofts' dependencies on Suns' Java programming language since their own implementation of JAVA (Visual J+) failed.

C# is nothing else than another proprietary language only useful to build application for microsoft operating systems environment...

And you know...where do you wanna go TOMORROW :-)))

Andreas Masur

I'm not looking for ratings but they'll tell me how useful my help is.

C# is not based on MFC. Maybe peoples who want to talk about new tech. stuffs should attend PDC and others accurate sources of information. Most of the comment a read here are completely inaccurate and only based on personal emotional issues. It seems to me these peoples are very insecure about new stuffs and their careers.

PS: The map is not the territory

[Own_dumb_self]

Well, go to the new microsoft site and laugh...

The next generation of technology is right...