What is it ??

[John E]

As someone who's programmed in VC++ 6.0 for many years I'm starting to realise that I want a bit more and it's about time I started thinking about upgrading to VC++ .Net or even C#. C# of course is quite different but what exactly is Visual C++ .NET? Is it Visual C++ with some extra bits added or is it. like C# a different kettle of fish altogether? Does Visual C++ .NET support all the usual MFC stuff for example - or is it Visual C++ with some bits removed and replaced by .NET components? What are the respective advantages of VC++ .NET against C#?

I'm sure this is all second nature to you young pups but for a dyed-in-the-wool old timer it's all a bit confusing...!

[MrViggy]

I think that .NET actually refers to Microsoft's C# runtime environment. Hopefully, someone else can correct me here. I've never used the .NET framework, but I do use Visual Studio 7.1 ("Visual C++ .NET").

There's no real differences, other then the updated IDE and libs. It's still good ol' Microsoft C++ under the hood...

Viggy

[Andreas Masur]

Originally posted by MrViggy
I think that .NET actually refers to Microsoft's C# runtime environment. Hopefully, someone else can correct me here.

Well...it is rather the a common language runtime module...in other words it is not limited to one language... :cool:

Originally posted by MrViggy
There's no real differences, other then the updated IDE and libs. It's still good ol' Microsoft C++ under the hood...

Well...yes and no...there is a completely new MFC version, the ability of writing managed C++ applications (using the .NET framework). However, you are right that there is still the 'normal' (unmanaged) C++ compiler as well... :cool:

[Andreas Masur]

What is .NET? (http://www.microsoft.com/net/basics/)...

[MrViggy]

OH, yeah, that's right. Microsoft's response to Java...

;)

Yeah, where I work, we're only interested in the regular "shoot yourself in the foot" C++ stuff. We're not into that newfangled framework; connecting people; stuff...

Viggy