Ioannis Vranos wrote in news:1098283120 .961120@athnrd0 2 in comp.lang.c++:
.NET is entirely off topic here, however in the future C++/CLI will be
on topic (but not any system specific libraries of course, like ADO
..NET or whatever).
Nope, CLI will *not* be available *everywhere* C++ is so it will not
be part of C++ and so will remain off topic.
You can make a similar argument about extension's to g++ which are
currently far more portable (*) then CLI extension's, and are likely to
remain so. You can extend this argument to a large number of GNU
libraries (as if this counter needs to be made any more ridiculous :).
*) This is a *massive* under statement as they are actually available.
Or Qt ...
Or Borlands VCL ... (They did get it working on two platform's).
Only thing's that are part of the The C++ Standard are on topic and
*nobody* (except perhaps you) is considering incorporating CLI/C++
into The C++ Standard (future or current).
If you want a (non-Microsoft) newsgroup to discuss CLI/C++ I suggest
you investigate setting one up.
Until such time please redirect to:
news:microsoft. public.dotnet.l anguages.vc
They're currently the only vendor with a CLI/C++ compiler and
even that hasen't been released yet.
Its the *best* place for posters to get correct responses
to there CLI/C++ question's, as its where the experts are.
Rob.
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