Hey guys and gals.
At my place of work we are still using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Professional Edition to write C code. Now, I do not have a problem
with this in general as the IDE boots really fast and is very responsive.
Here is my gripe - and it's a big one. AFAIK, VC2008 only supports
C89. It supports bits of C99 and nothing of C11. This is not a huge
problem in the short term, but not having the ability to use
<stdbool.h> is a pain in the arse sometimes.
I am a bit nervous to approach management about changing the IDE
as the company have used it since 2009, and have no interest in
upgrading. So, my question is rather simple. Is it possible at all, to
get hold of the compiler from VS2013 and use it VS2008? Will this
be a fringe of Microsoft's laws? I mean, surely it's easier to just update the compiler than the entire IDE suite.
I guess the main reason is the money. Lets face it, the license for
VS is not exactly cheap. Our work force tops 150 employees too.
Any ideas or help greatly approved!!