C++ 2013 for C# Developers,Second Edition

CHAPTER 3

Syntax

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

—Oscar Wilde

The previous chapters emphasized the similarities between C# and C++/CLI. Now we touch on the main areas where they differ and begin to understand why. These include additional or different keywords, separators, and operators.

Keywords and Separators

In C++, the additional keyword namespace is required when using a namespace (see Table 3-1).

Table 3-1. Namespaces in C# and C++/CLI

C#	C++/CLI
using System.Threading;	using namespace System::Threading;
System.Console.WriteLine("H");	System::Console::WriteLine("H");

Moreover, where C# uses dot ...