> Hi,
> in VS6 there are still much differences in the ability to do certain
things
> between those languages.
> As in VS7 both are working with the CLR, these differences will be
existing
> anymore or not?
> For examble I mean the creation of DLLs and so on.
> Greetings,
> Florian Lindner

> There are several big differences. The biggest being the ability of C++ to
> still compile directly to native code and not require the CLR.

>     C++ basically has none of the restrictions that the VB.net or C#.net
> have. YOu can choose as a C++ developer to take advantage of the .net
> platform via managed code, or to not use it at all. That is good and bad.
> Good because you have total control period, end of story. Bad because, it
> takes longer to develop and you can easily shoot yourself in the foot.

>     Pick the best tool for the job. No language is best for all  cases.
> Simple apps I would use VB. Complex apps with high performance
requirements
> I would use C++ or C#. Then again with .net it is easier to co-mingle. You
> could write your UI in VB or C#, and write your performance intensive code
> in C++ managed or unmanaged. A good developer would try to take advantage
of
> all these technologies. Don't waste your time worrying about which is
> better. That is merely just a point of view.

> > Hi,
> > in VS6 there are still much differences in the ability to do certain
> things
> > between those languages.
> > As in VS7 both are working with the CLR, these differences will be
> existing
> > anymore or not?
> > For examble I mean the creation of DLLs and so on.
> > Greetings,
> > Florian Lindner

> The performance advantage of C# and C++ over VB.NET should no longer exist
> since all three are compiled into IL and then used in the CLR, and all
that
> IL code should be roughly the same.

> The performance advantage of C# and C++ over VB.NET should no longer exist
> since all three are compiled into IL and then used in the CLR, and all
that
> IL code should be roughly the same.

> Peter

> > There are several big differences. The biggest being the ability of C++
to
> > still compile directly to native code and not require the CLR.

> >     C++ basically has none of the restrictions that the VB.net or C#.net
> > have. YOu can choose as a C++ developer to take advantage of the .net
> > platform via managed code, or to not use it at all. That is good and
bad.
> > Good because you have total control period, end of story. Bad because,
it
> > takes longer to develop and you can easily shoot yourself in the foot.

> >     Pick the best tool for the job. No language is best for all  cases.
> > Simple apps I would use VB. Complex apps with high performance
> requirements
> > I would use C++ or C#. Then again with .net it is easier to co-mingle.
You
> > could write your UI in VB or C#, and write your performance intensive
code
> > in C++ managed or unmanaged. A good developer would try to take
advantage
> of
> > all these technologies. Don't waste your time worrying about which is
> > better. That is merely just a point of view.

> > > Hi,
> > > in VS6 there are still much differences in the ability to do certain
> > things
> > > between those languages.
> > > As in VS7 both are working with the CLR, these differences will be
> > existing
> > > anymore or not?
> > > For examble I mean the creation of DLLs and so on.
> > > Greetings,
> > > Florian Lindner