Visual C++ vs C#

Just a quick question, can you do most things in C# that you can do in Visual C++?

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Andy

I ment to say is C# as powerful as C++?

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Define powerful.

If you're talking about speed and efficiency, C++ definitely beats C# hands down. If you're talking about productivity, C# is generally easier to program in and requires fewer lines of code to do the same thing in C++. But C# was created as an application-oriented programming language, while C++ is a general-purpose programming language. Both languages are powerful and how their own niches.

But don't take my word for it, try both and see for yourself.

C++ isn't THAT much faster. I ran several tests and found out that C# is only about 10% to 15% slower. This would probably be the time needed to JIT the bytecode. In any account, this speed difference is very, very minimal in most applications requiring user input, like a word processor, etc.

C# always seems to take a longer time to load from my experience. And most benchmark tests only take into account console tests. I find that C# GUI applications are subtlely less responsive.

Anyway C# currently isn't cross-platform. If I were a developer on Linux right now (or BSD, or Solaris) I wouldn't be able to find a C# compiler anywhere on the net.

I'm not trying to diss C# in any way, I'm just saying that there's still a lot of work to do. I rather like the easy syntax of the language, and it has great potential.

However I think the D language has more potential, but unfortunately no major software vendor is pushing for its development.

Nah C# sucks big-time. I'd take on C++ anytime :) Almost all great games I've played were programmed under MS VC++.