Summary

You have covered a lot of ground in this chapter. You started with variables and Managed C++'s built-in value types. Next, you learned about literals and operators. Then you examined two basic Managed C++ constructs: flow control and looping. You finished by exploring functions.

For the traditional C++ programmer, much of this chapter was not new. The areas that you should pay close attention to are .NET Framework class library built-in data types, String types, __value types, arrays, all the literals (in particular, string literals), and returning pointers and references from functions.

In the next chapter, you will continue to expand on your knowledge of the basics. This time you will focus on the object-oriented aspects of Managed C++.