> >> I suspect even Vi$ta itself is based on C, just that Micro$oft doesn't > >> allow the next generation of .Net programmers from using C.....
> Visual C++ is a .NET language and always has been. Visual C++ can use the .NET framework. Visual C++ has not always been a .NET language, obviously(VC++ came before .NET, hence it wasn't a .NET language then). I'm sure you know this, but the statement above makes it somewhat confusing. > > Take a look at a site like Sourceforge. 90% of the active projects > > will be plain C. > Well, they all say "C, C++" for the language as far as I can see. So I > don't know whether that effectively means C++. Since C and C++ are not > the same thing. C++ is mostly just a newer version of C with support for object orientation, some different syntax, more lenient rules on some things, exception handling, etc. And of course many C++ libraries. At the core, they're very much the same. In fact, many programs have a mix of straight C and C++ source files, all compiled to obj files and linked together to form an executable. They both compile to assembly/machine code meaning both can theoretically be just as fast as the other. -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
