Re: What is VC++ (.net) Express?
"Toby Chips" <toby.chips@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Cool. Ok, so now the bad part. It acts exactly like VC++ 6 on that
code where it disables my breakpoints and dumps me into assembly
when it should show me the source location. Sad there has been
no advancement on that end of things.
Can you pare the troublesome source down to a small size so that others can
try to replicate the behavior?
Anyway I am not exactly sure what VC++ Express is or how it fits into
the product line?
It is at the low end of the latest C++ offering from MS. This is how they
describe it:
<quote>
Free, lightweight, easy-to-use, and easy-to-learn tools for the hobbyist,
novice, and student developer.
</quote>
But I need to have highly optimized code because I am a
games/graphics programmer.
I think it includes an optimizer. Out of the box, it doesn't do 64 bit, MFC,
ATL, inline assembly, resource editing, source control integration
In fact, I have been scared of moving off of VC++ 6 because of MS calling
everything ".net" and I have no idea what that is but it sounds like
slowness and bloat.
Well, there are effectively several compilers in the box. You can choose to
build a native application as before. If you do you get x86 machine code in
a PE format.
I have found that this VC++ (.net) Express can
compile and run all of my "normal" code and it is also nicely free.
Yes.
But does it do a good job of optimizing release code or is MS going to
make me pay up just for a decent optimizer?
AFAIK, it optimizes. You'll have to do the benchmarking or profiling to see
if it meets your needs.
I wish I knew what a .net was, or maybe not. Tried
researching it once but couldn't stay interested long
enough to make any sense out of it.
For now, you can look at it as a framework which makes development far
easier than is the case for native applications.
Regards,
Will