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When is C# used?
I'm writing unmanaged string manipulation functions in C++ right now - and calling them from VB code (using VS 2010).
The VB code is needed for the httplistener and other I/O requirements.
What could be needed to get the httplistener code into C++? Would that be where I would use C#?
C# is not a bridge between VB and C++. If you want to write managed C++ code then you would use C++/CLI, which is basically C++.NET. C# is basically just an alternative to VB.NET with basically all the same features but a C-based syntax instead of a VB-based syntax.
It actually may be the case that you could replace your unmanaged code with C#. The one genuine advantage that C# has over VB.NET is support for pointers. As such, you may be able to write your string manipulation code in C# and then either reference that assembly in a VB.NET app ro simply write the whole app in C#.
Thank you for that clarification - it's certainly a complex C story that goes on here in the MS world...
If I wanted to stay with C++ - and not go to C# - would I work with httplisteners by delving into the windows api documentation?
Also - seems to me that managed vs unmanaged is basically how the runtime deals with memory and such - is there more to the distinction?
Actually found a nice explanation here
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...-cb92d2008a29/
I'm going to mark this thread resolved as C# is not where I am looking to move into...
Thanks!