Thread: vs 05 or 08

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    vs 05 or 08

    What do you recommend? Using Visual Studio 2005 or 2008?

    Currently I am only interested in C++ and think sticking to 05 for at least a year would have more point? (because better compatibility?)

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    I'd personally suggest VS 2008 only after the first service pack. Until then stick to the proven quality of 2005.
    Originally Posted by brewbuck:
    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    From what I understand (I still use Visual C++ 2005), the C++ compiler that comes with VS2008 has support for TR1, so you should use that instead if you want to use TR1.
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    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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