Archive for December 16th, 2004

C++.NET

Thursday, December 16th, 2004

These articles show why I think C++.NET will never become more than a wrapper language (turning C++ apps into .NET modules).
.NET was designed for C# and VB… there’s just too many freedoms in C++ that can be exploited, and these articles are evidence of that.
The Type of a String Literal Revisited…
The String Literal Returns
This is not necessarily a bad thing. Personally I think it’s quite cool that you can take a C++ app and write a C++.NET wrapper for it and have it work in any .NET language. But I wouldn’t want to develop full-time in C++.NET. Too many crazy odd issues.

Top shareware games

Thursday, December 16th, 2004

Instead of a single game, I’ll just recommend all of these. These are the Top Shareware Games of the Year 2004. One I already mentioned before (the excellent Insaniquarium).