Using the New Language Keywords
Several new keywords has been added to the Visual C++ .NET compiler so that it can build .NET Framework applications. The reason for some of these additions is to maintain cross-language interoperability (CLI), a standard that Microsoft defined in order for applications written in separate programming languages to easily and transparently coexist with each other within the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR).
In order for all the languages to build CLS-compliant applications, there has to be a standard set of language features, which requires additional keywords to be added to each of the .NET languages. For example, the exception handling done in a .NET application is different from what is done in a standard C++ ...
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