Re:Abandoned confidence? (Score 1)

>I was not referencing her article, however, I was referencing some Power Point presentations
>which I've kept around, and Lord knows if I'm allowed to share them (probably not). In them, I
> can see VC++ code WITH ATTRIBUTES, and this was in the VC6 days. Note that this version
> of the language NEVER SHIPPED, and primary development was moved over to Cool. The

Well, without knowing exactly what you are referring to I cannot argue with you. Mary's article did have C++ with attributes, isn't that what you are talking about?

I attended several C++ meetings at Microsoft in the timeframe you are talking about, and I did see some attributed C++, but I cannot remember the details (I've got my notes somewhere...). Of course, one of the aims of the VC team at that time was to produce attributed unmanaged C++, which did appear in VC7. And, of course, Managed C++ in VC7 is attributed. So when you say that an attributed version of C++ never shipped, well, several versions have shipped, but perhaps not the one that you saw in your powerpoints

> attributes in the sample code were mainly MTS-centric, which makes sense given the MSFT
> mindset at the time -- make developers more productive in a COM+MTS-activation world.

Don Box produced some 'attributed' C++ where the attributes were XML. Again, that was in the time frame you mention.

Oh well, its all history now.