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Term defined by Microsoft designing code executed under the management of a Common Language Runtime virtual machine.

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What exactly is "managed" code?

I've been writing C / C++ code for almost twenty years, and I know Perl, Python, PHP, and some Java as well, and I'm teaching myself JavaScript. But I've never done any .NET, VB, or C# stuff. What exactly does managed code mean? Wikipedia describes…
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Invoke Blue Screen of Death using Managed Code

Just curious here: is it possible to invoke a Windows Blue Screen of Death using .net managed code under Windows XP/Vista? And if it is possible, what could the example code be? Just for the record, this is not for any malicious purpose, I am just…
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The speed of .NET in numerical computing

In my experience, .NET is 2 to 3 times slower than native code. (I implemented L-BFGS for multivariate optimization). I have traced the ads on stackoverflow to http://www.centerspace.net/products/ the speed is really amazing, the speed is close to…
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Call C# dll from Delphi

I composed .Net 3.5 dll with single method, which is to be called by Delphi .exe. Unfortunately it does not work. The steps: 1. Create C# 3.5 dll with the code: public class MyDllClass { public static int MyDllMethod(int i) { …
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What advantages are there to developing a Win32 app in C++ over a .NET app in C#?

I learned windows programming using Visual C++, and the Win32 API. Nowadays, it seems most apps are being developed in .NET using C#. I understand that most of the time there isn't much performance difference between native code and managed code. So…
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Should a WPF application be written in C++/CLI or C#?

WPF applications are, at its core, managed applications? Right? So, I have to choose between using managed C++ or managed C#. I experimented with managed C++ years ago. It seemed to be not quite be ready for primetime. I'm guessing Microsoft…
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Why does C++ need language modifications to be "managed"?

Why can't a compiler be written that manages what needs to be managed in C++ code (i.e. to make it "CLR compatible")? Maybe with some compromise, like prohibiting void pointers in some situations etc. But all these extra keywords etc. What's the…
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.NET code compilation or complication?

Q1) Why is C# initially compiled to IL and then at runtime JIT complied and run on top of a virtual machine(?). Or is it JIT complied to native machine code? Q2) If the second is true (JIT complied to native machine code), then where is the .NET…
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Avoiding branches in managed languages

In C, when compiled to a x86 machine, I would usually replace branches with logical expression, when speed is the most important aspect, even if the conditions are complex, for example, instead of char isSomething() { if (complexExpression01) { …
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My application is unmanaged. Where do I start introducing managed code?

My whole application (which is rather big, with a 20MB executable) is written in unmanaged C++. Because I can clearly see the advantages in using managed code, I want to start introducing managed code in my application, but where do I start? Can I…
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Why does the .NET framework not include USB tools

I am wondering why the .NET framework does not provide any managed methods for working with USB drivers. From everything I have read you still have to call into Windows API's and use marshalling and PInvoke and all that crap that none of us .NET…
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Check managed assembly version on an SQL Server database

I need to find out the version of an assembly deployed to an SQL Server database. I need to do it via script or other programmatic way to know if i need to redeploy the assembly. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Native code in C#?

I was watching the Microsoft build conference from October last year and I noticed they announced that for building the new Metro style apps, developers can write native code in C#. How is this possible? I'm just curious. Wasn't C# designed (as part…
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Remote debugging across domains

I have two machines in two different domains. On both I have VS 2005 installed. I want remote debug between them. Without authentication it is possible but I want to debug managed code. I don't want to debug directly since it is really crappy…
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Convert IntPtr to int* in C#?

I have a C++ DLL returning an int* to a C# program. The problem is the int* in C# remains null after the assignment. When I assign the C++ result to an IntPtr, I get a correct non-null value. However any attempt to convert this to an int* results…
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