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Re:Learn C by pjmlp on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:13PM (#5814445)
Metro is an updated version of COM.

On the desktop side, you have C++/CX which is C++ with some language extensions to make talking to COM easier.

For those that would rather use plain ISO C++, there is the Windows Runtime template framework.

.NET code is JITed or compiled AOT with NGEN and makes use of CCW to interop with WinRT.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/magazine/jj651569.aspx

On the mobile side, Windows Phone 8 only has native applications, even .NET gets compiled to native code.

http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Mani-Ramaswamy-and...

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