[RESOLVED] [Serious] What is the difference between managed and unmanaged C++

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

I have absolutely no clue but i've always wanted to know.. and I havent gotten a good answer..

[Atheist]

Perhaps you should've asked in the C++ forum.

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

Well ok.. if a moderator sees this, feel free to move it to the C++ forum..

[timeshifter]

I'd think it's an extension of safe/unsafe C# code. VB is an inherently "safe" language. Everything you can do is run through the OS first for memory management. With C#, you can compile it as unsafe and take control of the memory management yourself. While this does open up the door to blowing stuff up in a whole new way, it also allows code to be several orders of magnitude faster.

[MaximilianMayrhofer]

that makes sense to me. Thanks ts.

[timeshifter]

Bear in mind, I may not be dead on. I'm a C# dev, not C++. And C# has *unsafe*, not *unmanaged* code.

[penagate]

I'd think it's an extension of safe/unsafe C# code. VB is an inherently "safe" language. Everything you can do is run through the OS first for memory management. With C#, you can compile it as unsafe and take control of the memory management yourself. While this does open up the door to blowing stuff up in a whole new way, it also allows code to be several orders of magnitude faster.

Nothing to do with it.


Managed C++ (C++/CLI, or the far older, abysmal Managed Extensions for C++) is compiled to MSIL, linked against the .NET framework, and uses Microsoft-specific extensions to the ANSI C++ standard syntax.

Unmanaged C++ is standard and compiles to whatever you like (usually native code).

[chemicalNova]

It should be noted that anyone who uses Managed C++ dies a slow and painful death..

chem