It works perfectly fine. I'm reading a C++ book written by an author who only had access to a Unix OS. It is supposed to adhere to the standard (the book). Anyway I've been able to get all the programs thus far to run on VS.NET. I had a little trouble on VC++6 and had to do some work around but not to much. Wow, what a great help interface VS.NET has. It kicks on VC++6. I have both compilers on my OS because VS.NET is a beta, but this thing is fully operational. I might never have to get the final release.
