Managed C++ will not be supported in the future...

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Peter Oliphant

At the following link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b23b94s7

there is the following quote near the top of the page (pay special attention
to the last sentance):

"For Visual C++ 2005, C++ includes new features for targeting virtual
machines with garbage collection, such as the .NET Framework. In a future
release, support for Managed Extensions for C++ will be removed."

Ouch..... ; )

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What that means is that support for the old syntax will be removed. The new
syntax is here to stay!
 
Unfortunate wording of course.... I don't think Managed code will go away,
but the old awkward syntax will likely be deprecated in the future. Even
so, it takes MSFT years to actually remove anything so we'll all be retired
by then ;o)

Tom
 
The new syntax is here to stay!

Wanna bet? ; )

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Nishant Sivakumar said:
What that means is that support for the old syntax will be removed. The
new syntax is here to stay!

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Regards,
Nish [VC++ MVP]


Peter Oliphant said:
At the following link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b23b94s7

there is the following quote near the top of the page (pay special
attention to the last sentance):

"For Visual C++ 2005, C++ includes new features for targeting virtual
machines with garbage collection, such as the .NET Framework. In a future
release, support for Managed Extensions for C++ will be removed."

Ouch..... ; )

[==P==]
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Peter Oliphant said:
Because I've been programming since 1969 and it has become apparent that
absolutely no syntax is ever here to stay... : )
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Well, certainly if your horizon is thirty years I'd agree with you. Frankly
I'm hoping to take up residence in Sint Maarten by then, computer languages
be damned. :-)

I asked the question only because I thought you meant to say that we might
see as big a change in managed C++ between VS2005 and the the next version
as between VS2005 and VS2003. That's not likely.

As a sidebar, I wonder, though, if the FORTRAN IV I was writing in the 70s
would still compile today.

Regards,
Will
 
As a sidebar, I wonder, though, if the FORTRAN IV I was writing in the 70s
would still compile today.
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You can download f2c for free.

Around 6 years ago I reported 3 bugs in it and a reply came back announcing
a fix, but I haven't verified it ^_^

If you wish to distinguish between using a compiler that has all of its
phases called in turn by one managing process, vs. a translation system that
involves cfront, oops I mean f2c, called by one shell executing a batch
script, oops I mean a makefile, um,
 
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