What is the difference between standard C++ and the "managed" C++ that you can write in Visual Studio using .NET components?

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anonymous · Answer

and which one is worth learning?

mathmate · Answer

It depends on which type of jobs you're getting into.  From my limited knowledge, standard C++ is what we know it as C++.  The managed C++ is very much like a source code interface that you write to generate Microsoft byte code which is compatible with VB and C#.  This way, a development teams can be made up of people of different language skills.  The byte codes all call the same library functions for compatibility.  The downside is that "managed C++" does not run at the same speed as we expect of standard C++.  I do not think you can use pointers if  you wanted to. (Most don't)

Someone more familiar with this aspect please contribute or correct.

anonymous · Answer

I think C# is better than managed C++ when developing over .NET