MS at my school (Score 1)

I attended my first class last night... data structures. I was told that .net 2003 was the compiler to be used and that limited copies were available though the school via MSDNAA. Later in the class the "features" of this compiler were discussed. Such as this managed code thing that does not allow the use of pointers.... because they sometimes give programmers trouble..... The good news is we were then told that we would be learning standard C++ and using the STL. We will not be conforming to the .NET standard. So even though we are trapt in this MS thing, its not so bad. East Tennessee State University .... BTW