Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain 

I received an interesting email through my blog this weekend. I'll only reprint a portion of it here, and I will protect the identity of the sender as well. Actually... I just need to share a portion of the opening line:

Oh, great and wise one, who codes in both C# and C++.

First of all, I'd just like to let all of you know now that flattery will get you eveywhere with me. Stroke my ego, pump me up... I'll never know that you're lying to me. Actually, this person was asking that I convert a Code Project sample from C# into C++ because this person only knew C++. I was able to do that for this person and sent it back without too many issues, and in only about 30 minutes. It was actually kind of fun since I haven't really touched C++ in almost two years.

The whole experience has lead me to go back to analyzing the differences between the two languages again, and just some things I'd like to see in C#. I haven't done this for a while... and some of these things I've mentioned before. Actually, as of late, these topics have popped up on the radar more often. So here is a link rich list for you... some link back to earlier posts of mine, some to other blogs.

• Const Reference Parameters
  
• Deterministic Finalization
  
• Covariant Return Types
  
• Contravariant Delegate Calls

This particular person also asked what books I have that I feel are absolutely crucial to understanding C++... I talked some about that here if you're interested.