http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hsutter/archive/2004/09/03/225462.aspxIoannis Vranos wrote: There is an upcoming C++/CLI standard (currently draft, official document expected in December 2004) Just a note, we now expect to complete work on the C++/CLI standard in March and have it approved by Ecma in June. We wanted theen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hsutter/archive/2004/09/03/225462.aspx#225732Sun, 05 Sep 2004 01:09:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:225732MarkI have downloaded the Visual C++ Express and have been trying out simple programs. I have to say C++/CLI is amazingly simple and elegant compared to MC++. You guys rock!!! However my only gripe is that I cant mix native Windows API with managed code as the compiler spews zillion errors. I know it is just a matter of time for this to be fixed, but my hands are itching to mix native and managed code. Kudos to MS for not leaving behind the C++ programmers.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=225732" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hsutter/archive/2004/09/03/225462.aspx#225502Fri, 03 Sep 2004 23:40:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:225502Herb SutterC++ is the language of choice for getting at the most CLR features and options (C# is close but doesn't expose as much as C++) and for performance-oriented and other systems-level applications on .NET.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=225502" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/hsutter/archive/2004/09/03/225462.aspx#225489Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:59:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:225489Drazen Dotlic&gt;BTW, another way of saying this that people seem to find useful is that, as of our Whidbey (VC++ 2005) release, C++ is the systems programming language for .NET. <br> <br>What does this mean? <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=225489" width="1" height="1">