Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 29th Jan 2006 16:06 UTC, submitted by Derek Jones
Microsoft's C++/CLI Language Specification is an ECMA Standard (ECMA-372) and they are trying to fast track this document to be an ISO standard. The problem is that the language specified is very different from C++ and so is likely to create a great deal of confusion. Details can be found in the UK objections [.pdf], which suggest that a name distinct from C++ be used for the proposed language.
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2006-01-03
"Please don't even call this doomed over-boiled syntactical soup C++."
Why? C++ also fits that definition perfectly... I guess Microsoft just wants people to be sure that their new C++ is just like the old one...
Jokes aside, if it isn't C++, they shouldn't call it C++. It's as simple as that.