MS extend C++ significantly for Windows8... and Andrei got name drop

Paulo Pinto pjmlp at progtools.org
Wed Jan 25 14:11:14 PST 2012


Am 25.01.2012 20:47, schrieb bls:
> On 01/25/2012 07:03 AM, Manu wrote:
>> This is fairly interesting. MS have extended their C++ compiler
>> significantly for Windows8 with a bunch of non-standard stuff.
>> FINALLY implement garbage collection, ref counting, properties,
>> delegates, events, generics, etc...
>> If other compilers adopt this tech, D loses some advantages.
>
> But you still have to fight with ifndef ,forward declaration, and a
> template syntax against common sense. Even if you paint shit yellow it's
> not necessarily gold.

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