MCSD w/ VC++

Hi all,

I'm just wondering that is any new on VC++ will be back in the MCSD track?

Thank you,
Egghead

Egghead

Hi Egghead,
I have seen loots off similar question in this group, but I never see the
question:
Will the FORTRAN be in the next MCSD track?
Any comments : )

Regards,
Daniel


"Egghead" <> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm just wondering that is any new on VC++ will be back in the MCSD track?
>
> Thank you,
> Egghead
>
>

Daniel Joskovski

Hi Egghead,

I don't think there will be new exams for VC++.

--
Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual Foxpro MVP
www.cindywinegarden.com
Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/cindywinegarden


"Egghead" <> wrote in message
news:Efn%d.741381$Xk.265080@pd7tw3no...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm just wondering that is any new on VC++ will be back in the MCSD track?
>
> Thank you,
> Egghead
>
>

Cindy Winegarden

I'm a VS6 MCSD having passed the distributed and desktop VC++ exams. I
think its such a pity that there won't be new VC++ exams. I guess Microsoft
believe most people are going to use .NET for new applications rather than
VC++. The learning curve for VC++ is certainly steep which means a longer
period of time for someone to become good at it. A lot of companies today
would rather avoid the hassle of training people in VC++ and move over to
..NET which has simplified a lot of aspects in VC++ such as memory
management.

I think VC++ is a great programming language and it will continue to be used
for quite a while but there will be less new applications in VC++. VC++
will probably be confined to legacy applications and applications that
require very low level processing.


"Cindy Winegarden" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Egghead,
>
> I don't think there will be new exams for VC++.
>

techie

Hi Techie,

hmm, correct me if I am wrong here,

I know there is VC++ .net inside VS.net. I mean .Net is just a framework
Even form M$ POV, it is more than VB.net and C#.


Thanks
Egghead

"techie" <> wrote in message
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> I'm a VS6 MCSD having passed the distributed and desktop VC++ exams. I
> think its such a pity that there won't be new VC++ exams. I guess
> Microsoft
> believe most people are going to use .NET for new applications rather than
> VC++. The learning curve for VC++ is certainly steep which means a longer
> period of time for someone to become good at it. A lot of companies today
> would rather avoid the hassle of training people in VC++ and move over to
> .NET which has simplified a lot of aspects in VC++ such as memory
> management.
>
> I think VC++ is a great programming language and it will continue to be
> used
> for quite a while but there will be less new applications in VC++. VC++
> will probably be confined to legacy applications and applications that
> require very low level processing.
>
>
> "Cindy Winegarden" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi Egghead,
>>
>> I don't think there will be new exams for VC++.
>>
>
>
>

EggHead

I am beginning to make use of C# at work because that's the direction my
company is taking. Its basically a simplified version of VC++. You don't
have to worry about pointers and freeing memory; its all done by the .NET
framework automatically. Even COM is simplified to a great extent.

Microsoft have used all the OO concepts in C++ and Java in C#. I think C#
itself is written in C++, hence all the similarities. Its basically a
language created by Microsoft to compete with Java.

Generally, its takes at least a couple of years for someone to become
reasonably competent in C++/VC++. As companies nowadays want to keep costs
down, they would rather use a fully object oriented language like C# which
is powerful and also cuts down on the hard low level coding involved in C#.
That saves the company a lot of overhead.

However, VC++ continues to be faster and more powerful than C#. If power
and speed is really important then VC++ is still the better choice.


"EggHead" <> wrote in message
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> Hi Techie,
>
> hmm, correct me if I am wrong here,
>
> I know there is VC++ .net inside VS.net. I mean .Net is just a framework

> Even form M$ POV, it is more than VB.net and C#.
>
>
> Thanks
> Egghead
>
> "techie" <> wrote in message
> news:wZ6dnUmdqba5PNrfRVn-...
> > I'm a VS6 MCSD having passed the distributed and desktop VC++ exams. I
> > think its such a pity that there won't be new VC++ exams. I guess
> > Microsoft
> > believe most people are going to use .NET for new applications rather
than
> > VC++. The learning curve for VC++ is certainly steep which means a
longer
> > period of time for someone to become good at it. A lot of companies
today
> > would rather avoid the hassle of training people in VC++ and move over
to
> > .NET which has simplified a lot of aspects in VC++ such as memory
> > management.
> >
> > I think VC++ is a great programming language and it will continue to be
> > used
> > for quite a while but there will be less new applications in VC++. VC++
> > will probably be confined to legacy applications and applications that
> > require very low level processing.
> >
> >
> > "Cindy Winegarden" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> Hi Egghead,
> >>
> >> I don't think there will be new exams for VC++.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
>

techie