Visual C++.NET or VisualStudio.NET
by Marc Schefer · in Technical Issues · 02/20/2002 (6:15 am) · 2 replies
Hello,
I've been using Visual C++ 5.0 for a few years now for my Windows development and lately I switched to the Visual C++.NET beta for all my unreleased development until the final version would be released.
My problem is now, that Microsoft isn't releasing any VC++.NET professional edition. To get it you have to buy the full Visual Studio that even at the upgrade price from VC++ 5.0 is priced at $549. Which I find a bit expansive especially since I dont need anything but C++. In fact, I paid the same price for my full Visual C++ 4.0 which included the free upgrade to the version 5.0.
The other option is the VisualC++.NET Standard edition at $109. But in the past, the Standard edition was quite cripled and had no optimizations for the generated code.
Does anyone knows if that's still the case with the new version? I'm not sure I'll continue with VisualC++ if I have to buy their full VisualStudio bloatware. :(
I've been using Visual C++ 5.0 for a few years now for my Windows development and lately I switched to the Visual C++.NET beta for all my unreleased development until the final version would be released.
My problem is now, that Microsoft isn't releasing any VC++.NET professional edition. To get it you have to buy the full Visual Studio that even at the upgrade price from VC++ 5.0 is priced at $549. Which I find a bit expansive especially since I dont need anything but C++. In fact, I paid the same price for my full Visual C++ 4.0 which included the free upgrade to the version 5.0.
The other option is the VisualC++.NET Standard edition at $109. But in the past, the Standard edition was quite cripled and had no optimizations for the generated code.
Does anyone knows if that's still the case with the new version? I'm not sure I'll continue with VisualC++ if I have to buy their full VisualStudio bloatware. :(
Torque Owner Sam Contapay
I decided go this path since I do not have that much moola to spare, and if anything I make makes money then I will upgrade to the full suite :) Other than that I can/and would fallback on VC 6 Enterprise Edition.
I am like you though and just wanted the C++ edition to heck with the other languages. But all I found was the standard edition, and the one thing I like about it is at the same price VC 6 Learning Edition had a license that prohibited you from distro'ing your work created with compiler, you couldn't distro any EXE or DLLs that you created using VC 6 LE. I so far havent' come across that agreement with VC .NET but then again, I'm not really one to read docs :(