STL/CLR library in Visual Studio 2008

[Vicent Giner-Bosch]

This is a question related with Visual Studio 2008 --I hope you don't
mind. ;-)

At http://msdn.microsoft.com/es-es/library/bb385954.aspx they say
that "The STL/CLR Library is a packaging of the Standard Template
Library (STL), a subset of the Standard C++ Library, for use with C++
and the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR). With STL/CLR,
you can use all the containers, iterators, and algorithms of STL in a
managed environment."

If I am not going to use .NET features, but only "Visual Studio" ones,
do I need STL/CLR library, or not? What does exactly "a managed
environment" mean??

Thank you for your answers.

 

[Öö Tiib]

This is a question related with Visual Studio 2008 --I hope you don't
mind.   ;-)

At  http://msdn.microsoft.com/es-es/library/bb385954.aspx  they say
that "The STL/CLR Library is a packaging of the Standard Template
Library (STL), a subset of the Standard C++ Library, for use with C++
and the .NET Framework common language runtime (CLR). With STL/CLR,
you can use all the containers, iterators, and algorithms of STL in a
managed environment."

If I am not going to use .NET features, but only "Visual Studio" ones,
do I need STL/CLR library, or not? What does exactly "a managed
environment" mean??

Microsoft has useful real C++ compiler in Visual Studio 2008. That
compiles real C++. It compiles quite well. If you do not want .NET
then you can use that C++ compiler just fine but everything 'managed'
turn off.

A "managed environment" there means .NET byte-code. In connection with
C++ it means a ghoul. It is a thing MS calls C++/CLI. It is undead C+
+, and .NET byte-code runs in its veins. If you want to use .NET then
write software in Visual Basic or C# but keep away from that ugly
abomination. In this newsgroup it is dangerous to mention it, people
may think you are infected.

 

[Victor Bazarov]

[..]
A "managed environment" there means .NET byte-code. In connection with
C++ it means a ghoul. It is a thing MS calls C++/CLI. It is undead C+
+, and .NET byte-code runs in its veins. If you want to use .NET then
write software in Visual Basic or C# but keep away from that ugly
abomination. In this newsgroup it is dangerous to mention it, people
may think you are infected.

... and they will try to shoot you in the head!

V