C++/CLI is arguably the most powerful language on the .NET 3.5 platform, as it is the only one that gives developers the option to directly access their computer’s hardware from within the .NET managed code environment. As such it is ideal for the kind of processor- and memory-intensive tasks for which C++ has always traditionally been used.
The only short, fast-paced C++/CLI beginner’s guide to C++/CLI available Written by a Microsoft insider and reviewed for accuracy by the same experts that built the C++/CLI language Covers all the new features in .NET 3.5
Gordon Hogenson
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