Hi,

Very curious of the role of C++ today, was wondering if C# was actually 
written in C++.


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Juan Dent <juanjr@nospam.nospam> wrote:

> Very curious of the role of C++ today, was wondering if C# was actually 
> written in C++.


C# itself is just a language. Languages themselves aren't written in 
anything. Do you mean the compiler? Or the CLR? Or the framework?

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> Very curious of the role of C++ today, was wondering if C# was actually written in C++.

for the Framework/Runtime, have a look at the source of  SSCLI 'Rotor'
   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8C09FD61-3F26-4555-AE17-3121B4F51D4D
    (many parts are very comparable to the real .NET source)

AFAIK:
The runtime is mostly in C++.
Many Framework classes/methods are written in C# only, others are 'dual' using C++ helper/runtime methods.

The Microsoft C# compiler was written in C++.

The Mono
  http://www.mono-project.com/CSharp_Compiler
C# compiler was written in C# itself.




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