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Stan on the future of MC++ “There is no question that the original Managed Extensions for C++ was a severe body blow to the credibility of a viable future for C++ on the Microsoft platform. In fact, when I originally interviewed here, I said pretty much the same thing as Brian to the folks here..” and “It was clear to me from the outset that we had to either radically reengage our C++.NET vision or else pack up our tent and become a historical curiosity to an increasingly dynamic programming environment – something I would characterize as a tragically hopeful monster. Eventually, the whole department became mobilized; although it wasn’t until Herb Sutter took a leading role that we turned the corner, in my opinion. And I believe we have. The problem now is overturning nearly two years of being the .NET whipping boy and getting people to take us seriously – well, not us but the language, which is now called C++/CLI, and is both an ongoing ECMA standard and in liaison with the new ISO-C++ committee work. “ (bold mine)

I believe they have having played for over 6 months with the new syntax. It's too bad it did not start this way as it may be too late for a lot people convinced by the crappy initial syntax. This post is for those people who can't seem to differentiate my comments on native C++ from those on MC++.