What are the real benefits from using Visual C++ under Visual Studio 2010 versus C# under Visual Studio 2010
EDIT: I'm asking for a pro/con type of thing here
A:
I suppose C# will have better support and tools available since it Microsoft's baby, and the language allows it. Contrarily, C++ isn't that kind of language so the tools might seem lacking, but the language support is well. (They are trying to make a conforming implementation of C++0x, so it's not like they just threw C++ in there.)
The question doesn't really make sense, though. Choose C++ versus C# based on what you know about the language and what you want to solve, not which is better supported by an IDE.
GMan
2010-08-12 19:13:38
I think my throwing in that I'm using Visual Studio 2010 was more harmful than helpful
Indebi
2010-08-12 19:14:37
@Indebi: Okay...? Harmful or helpful in what regard? Is there a question in there? Does my answer answer your question? Sounds like you're asking about a step rather than the whole problem.
GMan
2010-08-12 19:17:51
@Indebi I think you should rephrase and retitle this. My guess would be that you're asking "Does VS2010 support C++ well enough that I won't have to switch to C#?" - but even that isn't really answerable; you choose languages based on the kinds of problems they excel at, not how well your IDE supports them.
Superstringcheese
2010-08-12 19:19:41
Most of my problem involves using Win32API and is very platform-centric, is C# a better language for this or is VC++ better?
Indebi
2010-08-12 19:28:22
@Indebi: Which language do you know better?
GMan
2010-08-12 19:30:11
I know C# better by far
Indebi
2010-08-15 00:52:49
@Indebi: Then use C#.
GMan
2010-08-15 04:20:31