Hi all,
In the Borland newsgroups, in the article
http://groups.google.it/groups?hl=it&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=407ed150%40newsgroups.borland.com
the author mentioned a new version of Microsoft C++ compiler for the .net
platform.
A little quote:

Having just attended Herb Sutters talk at the ACCU spring conference on what is
coming up in Widbey and .NET [...] the new extended C++ spec that he spoke about
[...] is effectively an extended C++ now where you can either allow the garbage
collector to free up your objects, or do it yourself. It looks like it will
overcome all the criticisms that people have with managed C++ (but we will see
on that one). It seems that they have been talking to lots of C++ people about
this and are trying to standardize it in a similar manner to C# (And the
compiler will be available for free download in the next week -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/).
He also showed Quake running under .NET using the (slightly modified - took a
few days) downloadable code and said that under some processors (Centrino) apps
run 10% faster under .NET.

I think the idea "you can either allow the garbage collector to free up your objects, or do it yourself" is very similar to the D way of doing.

Ciao

Roberto Mariottini <Roberto_member@pathlink.com> wrote:

> I think the idea "you can either allow the garbage collector to free up your objects, or do it yourself" is very similar to the D way of doing.

But their garbage collector will still be available only in the .NET runtime (CLR), and Managed C++ will still be compiled to ILM, right? That's another criticism people have (myself included) about Managed C++, and another reason why D is attractive.

-- 
dave

"Roberto Mariottini" <Roberto_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c5ocns$2s6g$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I think the idea "you can either allow the garbage collector to free up
your
> objects, or do it yourself" is very similar to the D way of doing.

I expect a lot of D innovations are going to get folded into C++ <g>.

I think that's more likely than you think. :)

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:c5p9o0$16ve$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "Roberto Mariottini" <Roberto_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c5ocns$2s6g$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > I think the idea "you can either allow the garbage collector to free up
> your
> > objects, or do it yourself" is very similar to the D way of doing.
>
> I expect a lot of D innovations are going to get folded into C++ <g>.
>
>

Don't keep us in suspense, what do you mean? I know that DbC has been formally proposed now. But C++ will never really catch up to D as long as C++ is not willing to say goodbye to antiquated notions like the inclusion model rather than modules. Just adding on some D features isn't enough.

"Matthew" <matthew@stlsoft.org> wrote in message news:c5pmms$1pv9$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I think that's more likely than you think. :)
>
> "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:c5p9o0$16ve$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >
> > "Roberto Mariottini" <Roberto_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c5ocns$2s6g$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > I think the idea "you can either allow the garbage collector to free
up
> > your
> > > objects, or do it yourself" is very similar to the D way of doing.
> >
> > I expect a lot of D innovations are going to get folded into C++ <g>.