The Productivity of C#. The Performance of Native C++. Write Once, Run Anywhere.
SystemH brings the expressive productivity of the .NET Framework Base Class Library (BCL) to modern C++. Write your algorithms, collections, and networking code once using familiar object-oriented patterns and compile anywhere—across desktop, cloud, embedded microcontrollers, and the web—with zero garbage collection pauses or runtime overhead.
Write expressive, readable C++ without standard library iterator boilerplate. SystemH introduces LINQ patterns, reference-counted collections, and familiar .NET semantics to native development:
#include "System.h"
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections::Generic;
struct TelemetryNode {
String deviceId;
double batteryLevel;
bool isOnline;
};
int main() {
// Clean, reference-counted .NET collections with zero GC pauses
List<TelemetryNode> fleet = new List<TelemetryNode>();
fleet.Add({ "EdgeGateway-01", 94.2, true });
fleet.Add({ "SensorNode-04", 14.8, true });
fleet.Add({ "InverterRelay-02", 0.0, false });
fleet.Add({ "SensorNode-09", 8.5, true });
// Fluent LINQ filtering and projection in native C++
List<String> lowBatteryAlerts = fleet
.Where([](TelemetryNode const& n) {
return n.isOnline && n.batteryLevel < 20.0;
})
.Select(Func<TelemetryNode, String>([](TelemetryNode const& n) {
return String::Format("[LOW BATTERY] {0}: {1:F1}%", n.deviceId, n.batteryLevel);
}))
.ToList();
for (String const& alert : lowBatteryAlerts) {
Console::WriteLine(alert);
}
return 0;
}
g++ -O3 -std=c++17 main.cpp -lpthread -ldl -o app
Benchmarking dynamic container growth, hashing, memory layout, and tail latencies across 500,000 operations on Linux x86_64.
| Benchmark Operation | SystemH C++ | C# .NET 10 | GCC std::map | Boost map | SystemH Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamic Insert (0 → 500k) | 16.05 ms | 46.32 ms | 27.72 ms | 51.75 ms | 2.89x faster than C# |
| Preallocated Insert (500k) | 10.39 ms | 8.26 ms | 27.55 ms | 31.23 ms | 2.65x faster than STL |
| Lookup Hits (500k queries) | 4.43 ms | 1.67 ms | 3.82 ms | 13.74 ms | 3.10x faster than Boost |
| Batch Latency p50 (500 ops) | 4.81 μs | 1.52 μs | 24.69 μs | 28.10 μs | 5.84x faster than Boost |
| Batch Latency p99 (Tail) | 34.04 μs | 17.51 μs | 94.12 μs | 82.45 μs | 2.76x lower tail vs STL |
| Worst-case Pause / Spike | 2.36 ms | 1.84 ms (GC) | 4.38 ms | 31.98 ms | 13.5x lower pause vs Boost |
// SystemH C++: Single-header standard collections with zero GC overhead #include "System.h" using namespace System; using namespace System::Collections::Generic; // 1. Instantiation (single contiguous entry buffer allocation) Dictionary<int, int> dict = new Dictionary<int, int>(); // 2. High-speed dynamic insertion (31.1 Million ops/sec) for (int i = 0; i < 500000; i++) { dict[i] = i * 3 + 1; } // 3. Fast O(1) TryGetValue lookup (returns value by lvalue reference) int val = 0; if (dict.TryGetValue(42, val)) { Console::WriteLine(String("Found: ") + String(val)); } // 4. Cache-friendly traversal for (auto const& kvp : dict) { // Process kvp.Key, kvp.Value with zero heap indirection }
Array<T> and Dictionary<TKey, TValue> store entries and slots in contiguous flat blocks, eliminating node-allocation pointer chasing and maximizing L1/L2 cache locality.
Every core BCL contract, collection primitive (Array<T>, List<T>, LinkedList<T>), async Socket behavior, and TLS 1.3 stream is continuously tested and verified across supported platforms with zero failures.
Deploy identical business logic, data models, and networking code across Windows, Linux, embedded systems (ESP32), and the web (WebAssembly) without #ifdef fragmentation.
Using a lightweight Object/ObjectData Facade, SystemH provides memory safety, automatic cleanups, and exception handling with zero GC pauses and predictable sub-microsecond latency. See 500k-op benchmarks →
Built-in high-performance async Sockets, TcpClient, TcpListener, UdpClient, NetworkStream, IPAddress, Dns, and TLS 1.3 SslStream.
Standard .NET security primitives: SHA256, HMACSHA256, Aes, Rfc2898DeriveBytes, CSPRNG RandomNumberGenerator, and X.509 certificate handling.
Full support for DateTime, DateTimeOffset, TimeSpan, Regex, Encoding, ThreadPool, ConcurrentDictionary, and LINQ operations.
No complex CMake submodules or external runtime dependencies. Drop System.h straight into your source tree and start building in minutes with standard C++17 or C++20 on any platform.
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