Chapter 11 -- Mixed Languages With Visual Studio

Chapter 11

PETER MORRIS

Peet is a "standards man" and was a member of both the ANSI X3J11 and X3J16 standards groups (C and C++) and was a founding member of the IEEE P1201.1/2 (API and UI) standards groups. Peet's also a society man: in addition to being a Fellow of the IMIS and the IAP he is a member of the IEEE (and Computer Society) and the ACM.

In this relatively short chapter, I want to discuss the concept of mixed language programming (MLP). I'll go into some of the pros and cons and considerations of doing MLP with Visual Studio. Be warned, though—as the title implies, this chapter cannot be free from other languages; it contains Java, C, and C++ code (and mentions other languages, too, such as FORTRAN and COBOL). None of the other languages is explained in detail, so you might want to skip the code sections of this chapter if you're not up to speed with some of the basics of these particular languages.