I've searched the net for this, but I couldn't really find an answer. I've found this though:
It says that C++ is a part of the .NET framework, and the headline says "C/C++", but there wasn't much about C, so I wasn't able to understand if it is or not.
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It says that C++ is a part of the .NET framework
Actually, it does not. It says Visual C++ is part of the .NET Framework.
Additionally, Visual Studio, can compile C and C++ code using Microsoft’s implementation of the respective standards.
This section of the documentation includes guidelines and reference content for the Microsoft implementation of the ISO standards for C and C++.
.Net Framework does not contain C or C++, Visual C++ is an object oriented implementation of the C++ standard.
The .NET Framework is an object oriented programming framework meant to be used with languages that it provides bindings for. Since C is not an object oriented language it wouldn't make sense to use it with the framework. Microsoft does provide its own version of C++ (that is incompatible with standard C++) to be used with the .NET Framework.
C and C++ are both low level, you can always write code in C and C++ that would work with other languages. The main language for the .NET I think is C#. I don't think it's necessary for you to write C++ code for a .NET project. And if you had to, then you wouldn't need to ask this, because you would know that your question doesn't even make sense. Of course, since you don't know your question is ok.
So in a sense, C and C++ are part of everything, and you can always write code in low level languages with interfaces for higher level ones like C# with .NET support. But that is quite specialized and is rarely needed.
