Rating: 
Summary: fraud
Review: The blurb above touts an optimizing compiler. The product box does too. When you get to using it you find that the first line in the build log states "This edition of Visual C++ does not support the optimizing compiler." When you try to set the project propety for optimization you find it greyed out and unavailable. So much for truth.
Rating:
Summary: I?ve got a headache
Review: While users new to C++ might be enchanted with Visual C++ .NET, those of us who have been programming with VC++ for years will be disgusted. Visual C++ has been relegated to a the same tier held by FoxBASE. All of the new .NET examples are in C# or VB. Thankfully, I downloaded the evaluation copy, and didn't purchase the non-refundable software. The first thing I noticed was that the Visual Studio IDE has been entirely rewritten. The Visual Studio C++ class wizard is gone. Yes. Gone. You will have to spend time (and a large amount of it) to relearn how to add events, message handlers, and otherwise get up to speed with the VB-ish property window. Granted, this version does have better ANSI standards compliance, better support for templates, and some optimizations. If you only need to write native C++ code, pass on this product.
Rating:
Summary: I¿ve got a headache
Review: While users new to C++ might be enchanted with Visual C++ .NET, those of us who have been programming with VC++ for years will be disgusted. Visual C++ has been relegated to a the same tier held by FoxBASE. All of the new .NET examples are in C# or VB. Thankfully, I downloaded the evaluation copy, and didn't purchase the non-refundable software. The first thing I noticed was that the Visual Studio IDE has been entirely rewritten. The Visual Studio C++ class wizard is gone. Yes. Gone. You will have to spend time (and a large amount of it) to relearn how to add events, message handlers, and otherwise get up to speed with the VB-ish property window. Granted, this version does have better ANSI standards compliance, better support for templates, and some optimizations. If you only need to write native C++ code, pass on this product.
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