C# Vs C++

[Vipul Taneja]

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to justify a prospective Techspan client that C# is better as
compared to VC++ for Web services CLIENT (not server).

Will you agree to this? Any justification (expereince or URL etc) for your
choice.

Thanks,

[Javaman59]

Hi Vipul,

I have used Visual C++ for 3 years, and C# for just 3 weeks, but I would say
without any hesitation that your client would be better off with c#, and
Visual Studio.Net, just because it is better in numerous ways, technically,
and it is also the wave of the future.

I've been in the industry a long time, and one of the things I've found over
the years is that it is very hard to get quantified data on the relative
merits of any language or programming environment. You mostly have to rely on
personal opinions, and your own judgement. You will be able to find on the
web numerous enthusiastive endorseements for C#, but they will mostly be of
the form "I like c# because of...".

Here's a couple of refs...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ja...e/default.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...p/default.aspx

Regards,

Javaman


"Vipul Taneja" wrote:

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to justify a prospective Techspan client that C# is better as
compared to VC++ for Web services CLIENT (not server).

Will you agree to this? Any justification (expereince or URL etc) for your
choice.

Thanks,

[Johann Blake]

Vipul,

I read somewhere recently that Microsoft plans on dumping C++ in the
near future. That alone sounds like a good reason to abandon any
thought of doing any type of programming in C++. Don't waste your time,
money and energy in a dying dinosaur. C# is the way to go.

Best Regards
Johann Blake

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Where did you read this? Any reference that supports your claim?
Anyway it's definitely not true, MS will release as part of the upcoming
VS2005 a new version of C++ that supports both ISO compliant C++ generating
native code and a ECMA/ISO standard C++/CLI compiler producing IL. This
compiler is the only language compiler in .NET able to produce mixed
managed/unmanaged code/data assemblies.

Willy.
"Johann Blake" <jo*********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Vipul,

I read somewhere recently that Microsoft plans on dumping C++ in the
near future. That alone sounds like a good reason to abandon any
thought of doing any type of programming in C++. Don't waste your time,
money and energy in a dying dinosaur. C# is the way to go.

Best Regards
Johann Blake