What do you think about .NET Technology of Microsoft? is it the best framework for C++ programming n

I've been coding C# for a few years now and to be honest I've started to head away from it. It was a good reply to the Java issue to start with but in typical Microsoft fashion the .Net framework is getting bloated.

The reality of .Net was to compete with Sun after they gave Microsoft a kicking for stealing Java from them. If Microsoft had won then .Net would just have been Java but rather than pay Sun the license fees they created .Net. Microsoft technologies rarely go away but I'm in two minds on this one, you can't rely on the advance of hardware performance to compensate for sloppy code forever.

As an aside, did you ever see any of the Microsoft source code that was leaked? Amateur is all I can say about it. This code fixes this problem and then this code fixes the problem caused be the previous fix and so it goes on. Call a lemon a lemon and rewrite it.

The point is Linux is becoming more popular all the time, as well as the Mac gaining strength. Java is cross platform. Stick to Windows or code for everything?

What do you think about .NET Technology of Microsoft? is it the best framework for C++ programming now?windows xp service

C++ is on it's way out. Companies are moving toward C# on .NET.

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To the poster who said that C++ is on it's way out - LOL haven't you ever heard of Linux? As long as Linux is still alive (in my opinion it will out-live Windows) then C++ will live alongside it. C and C++ are the core of computing, without them many other languages simply wouldn't be able to exist - after all, you've got to write the interpreters , compilers and virtual machines for them in _something_ - and it ain't gonna be Java or VB - it's going to be in C!

C# is probably the best suited language for .NET at the moment, but .NET isn't the best framework going. If you really care about your OS in that respect, use Linux. It's got a much more stable framework, and a perfect environment for C and C++.

Rawlyn.
The .NET Framework is actually made for C# use not for C++.

It seems like C++ is losing its popularity because, comparing to C# it's a bit out-dated