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bob@coolgroups.com

2006-01-26, 4:03 am

I'm thinking of learning .NET. I was wondering... is there anything
you can do with .NET that you can't do without it?

Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]

2006-01-26, 4:03 am

bob@

groups.com wrote:
> I'm thinking of learning .NET. I was wondering... is there anything
> you can do with .NET that you can't do without it?

Not a thing. Anything you can do on a PC can be done in x86 assembly
language.

But then, that's not really the right question to ask. A better question
might be "Are there things that are a lot easier to do in .NET than
without?" Yes, there are. Another good question would be "Are there
performance costs (or benefits) to using .NET compared to native?" Yes and
Yes, respectively. And then there's "Are there things you can do in native
code that you can't do it .NET?" Yes, there are.

In the end, the question of whether to use (or learn) .NET is one that you
need to evaluate based on your own needs and experience. If you provide
more information about the types of applications you'd like to create and
the experience you have, I'm sure someone can give you some more concrete
advice about whether .NET is a good fit for your needs.

-cd

Tom Serface

2006-01-26, 7:08 pm

In addition to what Carl said, note that .NET can be used with any of the
microsoft languages (VB, C++/CLI, C#, J#, etc.) I often have people tell me
that .NET is really C#. C# is definitely a first class .NET language (in
fact it lives there), but if you are already a C++ programmer you may want
to investigate the recently released C++/CLI implementation in VS 2005.

Tom

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