[m-dev.] Removal of Managed C++

[Peter Ross]

On 7/2/07, Jonathan Morgan <jonmmorgan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to remove support for Managed C++ from the compiler for
> the following reasons:
> * It is only supported by Microsoft, making it harder to use code
> using it with other platforms (e.g. Mono).
> * It is not used in any of the standard library (C# or IL are used exclusively)
> * Microsoft have deprecated it in favour of C++/CLI
> * Almost anything required by Mercury can be done just as well in C#
> (possibly better).
> * Removing it will simplify the dependencies and the build process,
> and limit the amount of work that has to be duplicated in both C# and
> MC++ [incidentally, Eric Taucher asked independently for it to be
> removed for the same reason]
>
The MC++ compiler used to be also quite buggy, especially with the
sort of code that we generate, which is why most of the library is in
C#/IL now (it started in MC++).

The only reason it was kept was because fergus didn't want to remove a
"feature", so I support it's removal.
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