"Poll" Has C# Generally Replaced C++

[Greg]

Is it your general opinion that C# is generally designed/intended/ready to
replace C++? I know the answer is not black and white but please repond YES
or NO (add any comments if you would like)

I just thought it might be interesting to get a tally. This is related to a
previous thread. So far we have two NOs from "aa" and Bo Persson.

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Greg McPherran
www.McPherran.com

[Greg]

By the way my vote is YES even though I know C++ can have advantages and is
still valuable/required for many purposes.

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Greg McPherran
www.McPherran.com
"Greg" wrote:

Is it your general opinion that C# is generally designed/intended/ready to
replace C++? I know the answer is not black and white but please repond YES
or NO (add any comments if you would like)

I just thought it might be interesting to get a tally. This is related to a
previous thread. So far we have two NOs from "aa" and Bo Persson.

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Greg McPherran
www.McPherran.com

[William DePalo [MVP VC++ ]]

"Greg" <gm@mcpherran.c om> wrote in message
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Is it your general opinion that C# is generally designed/intended/ready to
replace C++? I know the answer is not black and white but please repond
YES
or NO (add any comments if you would like)

No, it is not.

In a few years it may be the language most often used to _build_
applications for Windows, but the operating system and its drivers will
continue to be written in C or C++ for the near term at least.

Regards,
Will

[Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]]

Greg wrote:

Is it your general opinion that C# is generally
designed/intended/ready to replace C++? I know the answer is not
black and white but please repond YES or NO (add any comments if you
would like)

I just thought it might be interesting to get a tally. This is
related to a previous thread. So far we have two NOs from "aa" and Bo
Persson.

No. C# is a language designed, intended and ready to replace Java (and well
on it's way to doing so).

C++ is still better at nearly all the things C++ has always been better at.

-cd

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"Greg" <gm@mcpherran.c om> wrote in message
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Is it your general opinion that C# is generally designed/intended/ready to
replace C++? I know the answer is not black and white but please repond
YES
or NO (add any comments if you would like)

I just thought it might be interesting to get a tally. This is related to
a
previous thread. So far we have two NOs from "aa" and Bo Persson.

--
Greg McPherran
www.McPherran.com

From a pure language point of view....
Designed & Intended to: NO
Ready to: NO
Some might say it's "ready to", but I guess this is only a personal
interpretation and only reflects their own requirements. There are simply
too many problem domains that aren't covered yet (although, this is not
strictly a language issue) , and I don't even consider the lack of platforms
availbility.

Willy.

[Greg]

5 NOs and only one YES (mine).

I guess my next question is then why would Microsoft call it C# which is:
C++
++ ?

The implication is that C# is to C++ as C++ was to C.

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Greg McPherran
www.McPherran.com
"Greg" wrote:

Is it your general opinion that C# is generally designed/intended/ready to
replace C++? I know the answer is not black and white but please repond YES
or NO (add any comments if you would like)

I just thought it might be interesting to get a tally. This is related to a
previous thread. So far we have two NOs from "aa" and Bo Persson.

--
Greg McPherran
www.McPherran.com

[Jochen Kalmbach [MVP]]

Hi Greg!

Is it your general opinion that C# is generally designed/intended/ready to
replace C++? I know the answer is not black and white but please repond YES
or NO (add any comments if you would like)

I just thought it might be interesting to get a tally. This is related to a
previous thread. So far we have two NOs from "aa" and Bo Persson.

Your question is a bit confusing...
You need to ask the "right" question to get the "right" answer!

For example: Will C# replace C++ in some small areas like UI?
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Greetings
Jochen

My blog about Win32 and .NET
http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/

[Nemanja Trifunovic]

No. C# is really VB with curly braces. C++ is a very different language.

[JAL]

For application programming C++ seems to be losing some ground according to
InfoWorld's Developer's survey:

java +34%
C# +23%
C/C++ -3%

"Greg" wrote:

Is it your general opinion that C# is generally designed/intended/ready to
replace C++? I know the answer is not black and white but please repond YES
or NO (add any comments if you would like)

I just thought it might be interesting to get a tally. This is related to a
previous thread. So far we have two NOs from "aa" and Bo Persson.

--
Greg McPherran
www.McPherran.com

[None]

"=?Utf-8?B?R3JlZw==?=" <gm@mcpherran.c om> wrote in news:92F79F27-998F-4CF7-
98************* **@microsoft.co m:

5 NOs and only one YES (mine).

I guess my next question is then why would Microsoft call it C# which is:
C++
++ ?

Perhaps your next question should really be will C++/CLI replace C#? :))))