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I'm still exploring what can be done with C#, because I'm a C# programmer and have no interest in learning assembly.
For a utility filter like MP_Pipeline, C# could do an excellent job -- and pass the video clips as input and output instead of ignoring the input.
If SIMD instructions become available, then it would also become possible to do video processing filters. It may still be a bit slower than C++, but on the plus side, the development time would be much shorter, and the maintenance would be much easier. We have a whole bunch of C++ plugins that are old and have never been maintained/updated, although many of the most useful ones are being upgraded for Avisynth+ x64.
This is not about whether C# or C++ is best. This discussion is simply about what can be done with C# and Avisynth.
The .NET Framework now has SIMD support, but only for x64. Avisynth filters need to work both with x86 and x64. MONO apparently does that, but I wouldn't want to create that dependency for users.
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