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Compiler question
With MSVC++ can I only use it for C/C++? Will it recognize VB, Java, ASP, C# or any others?
-Fool
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Just one more wrong move.
let's think about this for a second. Imagine what they would have to do to make their compiler compile any lang. you could think of. and AT LEAST you'd have to write something along the lines of
-------LANG = C------
before each line of C code. It's a C and C++ only compiler. It will gag on any other language and wonder what you're smoking ...If it could compile all languages, though - that would be cool.
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I'm just trying to figure out if Visual Studio would be worth the cost to me. What can VS do (student version)?
-Fool
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Just one more wrong move.
Be specific! MSVC and VS are two totally different things. With MSVC, you can only do C/C++. With visual studio you get a whole buncha compilers n stuff.
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If you would think before you post you would have understood what I'm saying
I'm trying to get a good compiler soon. In the next two years I'll be taking classes in C, C++, Java, VB, and more. I'm trying to decide if VS is worth the cost to me or should I just pick up MSVC (since I'll probably be on C++ the most). That's why I asked if MSVC could see any other langs.
-Fool
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&TH of undefined behavior
For a start, I dont think the Java element of VS is going to be up to much. You can download better java tooks for free (JDK, Jbuilder, JCreator).
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So which one do you guys think I should go with?
-Fool
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&TH of undefined behavior
Personally I'd get VC++ for now, Download the Java stuff and flat refuse to get involved with anything regarding VB (j/k)
As Dean has rightly pointed out once or twice, the complier world is about to change with the onset of .NET. So its not worth shelling out a fortune for VS when that is round the corner.
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You make some good points. I think I'll do that. Thanks!
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