Re: Why exactly is C# better than C++ (was Up to date MFC Book)
Daniel James wrote:
In article news:<ur2N8MszGHA.4976@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Bruno van
Dooren [MVP VC++] wrote:
[I wrote]
What you're really saying is that we need C++ tools that are as
good as the C# ones.
C++ is a powerful tool that can do almost anything you want, very
efficiently. But it is not an easy language to learn.
I'm having difficulty seeing how you think your answer addresses the
point I made.
When I wrote "tools" I didn't mean the language or even the
compiler,
I meant things like form designers, refactoring tools, database
bindings, code generators -- all of which exist for C# (and e.g.
Java). These tools don't exist -- or are much more rudimentary --
for
C++.
C# and Java are proprietary languages with a strong economic backing,
and a lot of marketing resources. C++ has nothing of that.
Considering that, it is amazing how well C++ does on its own.
IMV the tools vendors -- in this case Microsoft -- would have done
better to spend their development budget providing good tool support
for an existing language (C++) that inventing a new language that
nobody needs.
They don't seem to think so. By pushing C# and .NET tools, for free
even, they believe they will catch the audience for their platform.
Why provide good tools for (possibly portable) code in C++, when they
have no control over it?
Bo Persson
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