MAMEWorld Forums - Programming - Re: MSVC sucks so bad!

> How? C++ vs C# ?

OK, compared to C# here are some advantages of Managed C++:

Interact with unmanaged objects, functions and structures directly
Distinct syntax for unmanaged pointer and managed reference
Indexer property syntax
Distinct syntax for scope resolution, member access and access through reference ("::", "." and "->" respectively, whereas C# uses "." for all three)
Easy to explicitly box value types when you want reference semantics
Separate declaration and implementation
Split implementation while keeping declaration in one place (C# partial classes split both declaration and implementation, leading to a mess)
Give access specifier once and then declare many members, rather than having to put access specifier on each one
Full C99 preprocessor and macro metalanguage
Full C++98 template metalanguage
Separate RAII destructor and GC finaliser
Visual Studio isn't as evil about reformatting your C++ code as it is with C#

Enough reasons for you? About the only disadvantage is that it doesn't integrate as well with the form designer.