"Bjørn Roald" <bjorn@4roald.org> wrote Edward Diener skrev:
Arkadiy Vertleyb wrote:
While Microsoft can be commended for raising the level of their compiler in VC7.1 and VC8, the truth is that where it matters commercially almost no new future work is being done in C++ and .Net, and this is directly the "fault" of Microsoft.
For the record, these are not my words. Ok, you are correct. I must be more careful when I cut stuff from
Arkadiy Vertleyb wrote: postings. Sorry
What I was saying is that the fact that MSFT dramatically improved their compiler helped tremendously C++ comunity. Agreed IMHO, if this hadn't happenned there would have been nothing now to talk about.
There is always the weather ;-) Well, I feel like this is a stretch. For one thing, there would have been more room for competitors on the Windows platform, so who knows.
I also said nothing about .Net development and managed C++. I never though you did, I was just not careful enough, so your name was not cut out of my posting. What I meant is the regular (standard-complying) C++ compiler.
Good regards, Bjørn