I\'ve seen contradictory answers on the internet with regard to whether C++/CLI is a superset of C++ or not.
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I am wondering about the plethora of the super-set/extension polemics. C++/CLI is a new language designed to act as a binding between ISO C++ and the ISO CLI. I heartily recommend to read the C++/CLI Design Rationale which clearly states the design goals at the very beginning of the document:
C++/CLI’s mission is to provide direct access for C++ programmers to use existing CLI libraries and create new ones, with little or no performance overhead, with the minimum amount of extra notation, and with full ISO C++ compatibility.