Microsoft's C++/CLI Spec Has an Identity Crisis

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 9, 2006 @03:25PM from the all-in-a-name dept.

Andy Updegrove writes "Microsoft's submission of its XML Reference Schema to Ecma has gotten lots of attention in recent months, because Microsoft offered it to Ecma to try to neutralize Massachusetts' adoption of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard. But last week it's earlier submission of C++/CLI to Ecma was in the limelight when the U.K. representatives to ISO cried foul over (of all things) its name, which they said was confusingly, and inappropriately, similar to C++. Some think that there may be more afoot, including the potential for Microsoft to add proprietary extensions after ISO finally adopts the new standard under a different name. Either way, the C++/CLI experience represents an interesting dry run for what to expect as Microsoft pushes the XML Reference Schema throught the same process."

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In other news... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-02-09 16:44 · Score: -1, Troll

Linux is STILL for fags.
Re:Plus Plus! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-02-09 17:48 · Score: -1, Troll

MOC is purely an implementation detail. The fact remains that no QT program is "pure ANSI C++".

And if GCC doesn't target CLR that's its problem. The rest is just 'pre-processing' Now, do what you're good at and get back in the men's room to make the rent.