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copied!<p>A few reasons for C++/CLI:</p> <ul> <li>it allows integration/mixing of managed and unmanaged code at a much finer level than other .NET languages</li> <li>Managed C++ wasn't particularly successful; C++/CLI was an attempt to make the .NET paradigm fit in better with existing C++ idioms</li> <li>While I don't think anyone thought it would overtake C# in popularity, I imagine that there were people who thought it would have a higher level of success than it has. Then again, for all I know it's very successful. I haven't done anything except toy stuff with it - but when the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Visual C++ Team Blog</a> indicated that <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/vcblog/archive/2009/05/27/rebuilding-intellisense.aspx#9644735" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VS2010 wouldn't have IntelliSense for C++/CLI</a> there was a bit of a firestorm of push-back. Much more than I expected (I'm not sure what MS expected).</li> </ul> <p>Microsoft did do some things in C++/CLI that I think are interesting even if you have no interest in .NET: the way they handled adding new keywords in a way that would least impact existing C++</p> <ul> <li>multi-word (or 'spaced') keywords (I think this technique is patented or patent-pending by Microsoft)</li> <li>contextual keywords</li> <li>'namespaced' keywords</li> </ul> <p>See <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/hsutter/archive/2003/11/23/53519.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sutter's article</a> for more details.</p>

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