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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:00:45 -0400
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Nick Roberts wrote:
 > The latest big thing from Microsoft is C#,
 > and they have promoted it relentlessly.

They are also working on an implementation and
ISO standard for C++/CLI, which is an extension
of C++ to support garbage collection and the CLI
data objects with minimal intrusiveness into C++
standard-conforming code.