Foreword
C++/CLI was originally envisioned as a high-level assembler for the .NET runtime, much like C is often considered a high-level assembler for native code generation. That original vision even included the ability to directly mix IL with C++ code, mostly eliminating the need for the IL assembler ilasm.
As the design of C++/CLI evolved, this vision was scaled back. We on the Microsoft C++ team still wanted C++/CLI to be a systems programming language for .NET, but we decided that exposing the full capabilities of the CLR to other languages wasn’t a good idea. After all, language interoperability is a significant factor in the success of .NET.
We knew C++ programmers would expect powerful features unavailable in other languages, like C#, ...
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