I never tried C#, from times to times i make some applications in .Net and i was wondering if C++ or C# is more suited for the job.
Pleas tell me which one and why its better then the other in terms of .Net programming.
C++ or C# better for .net programming?
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Lil Margin
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C# was created to use with .NET, C++ not 
I used C# bout year ago. It's good language to code under Windows enviroment (open GNU/Linux stuff for .NET currently sux a bit).
Used with Visual Studio giving it big power in programming, it can catch bugs before you even start running code.
C# is good for typical GUI desktop applications (anyway, you can code with it and .NET apps for Silverlight and ASP.NET).
I remember that I coded in C# .NET a little bot for social portal, that was logging in, next visiting profiles, adding comments, sending PMs in about one hour with beauty GUI
Good language, you can code very fast.
I used C# bout year ago. It's good language to code under Windows enviroment (open GNU/Linux stuff for .NET currently sux a bit).
Used with Visual Studio giving it big power in programming, it can catch bugs before you even start running code.
C# is good for typical GUI desktop applications (anyway, you can code with it and .NET apps for Silverlight and ASP.NET).
I remember that I coded in C# .NET a little bot for social portal, that was logging in, next visiting profiles, adding comments, sending PMs in about one hour with beauty GUI
Good language, you can code very fast.
C# is better in almost all aspects when programming .Net.
You have for instance linq and lambdas both of which are AFAIK not nativly supported by managed C++.
Also many CLI features that are at the foundation of .Net like garbage collection and delegates are tacked onto C++ which makes them feel clunky. C# on the other hand has been designed with exactly these features in mind and thus supports them more organically.
Also Visual Studio has much better C# than C++ support.
Even if you are a fluent C++ programmer you have to relearn some aspects and learning them with C# is probably still easier.
You have for instance linq and lambdas both of which are AFAIK not nativly supported by managed C++.
Also many CLI features that are at the foundation of .Net like garbage collection and delegates are tacked onto C++ which makes them feel clunky. C# on the other hand has been designed with exactly these features in mind and thus supports them more organically.
Also Visual Studio has much better C# than C++ support.
Even if you are a fluent C++ programmer you have to relearn some aspects and learning them with C# is probably still easier.
Like the others have said, since C# was developed for .NET, it works a lot better with the framework. I don't really see any point in using C++.NET, since C++ was designed to be a lower level language than C#. C# will do a good deal of work for you that C++ will not.
On a side note, C# makes it incredibly easy to link C/C++ DLLs into your project.
On a side note, C# makes it incredibly easy to link C/C++ DLLs into your project.