C++/CLI : Advantages over C#

Question

Is there any major advantage of managed C++/CLI over C#. Definitely not the syntax I suppose as the following code in C++/CLI is real ugly,

C++/CLI code:

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Answer 1

CLI/C++ has many advantages over C#.

1. STD libraries
2. Native C++/C cannot be viewed by disassembler (like Reflector) because they are not actually CLI (no need to obfuscate (although a good hacker can already get by this)).
3. Mingling C/C++ projects as a wrapper to be used with .Net languages. C++/CLI is not a language is just adds support for .Net with C/C++.
4. Some bit of control on memory via C/C++ pointer pointing to C/C++ objects on the heap.

I hate having to trust in GC to get to an object stuck on the gen 2. Lord knows when that will be released from the managed heap.