c++ visuals

by nicon • 22 Apr 2011, 13:44 • Journals
im just wondering which version to download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/resultsForProduct.aspx?displaylang=en&ProductID=23947d52-b2bc-4e88-8c51-e81dc2905b0d

i have: windows xp home (32bit)

so is it 2005, 2005sp1, 2008 or 2008sp1, or even 05sp1 and 08sp1 / 05 and 08 ?

thanks.
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ENSJQM 22 Apr 2011, 14:46
http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2010-Visual-CPP
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nicon 22 Apr 2011, 15:02
I don't have xp sp3 :s
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ENSJQM 22 Apr 2011, 15:04
where does it say anything about XP sp3?
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nicon 22 Apr 2011, 15:11
first step after clicking on install ;o
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ENSJQM 22 Apr 2011, 15:27
thats weird
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nicon 22 Apr 2011, 15:29
so should I use 2008? if so sp1 or not?
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ag0n 22 Apr 2011, 14:51
what ENSJQM said...
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Ethr 22 Apr 2011, 15:06
shame that gcc etc.. aren't well supported on windows

(g)vim + make or scons + web browsers + g++ is the best way to do C++ stuff imo :p
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nicon 22 Apr 2011, 15:13
no idea what you talkin bout, willis
in some board it just says it stops the pc from freezing after quitting a game (if one has this problem, like i do)
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ENSJQM 22 Apr 2011, 15:19
mingw = gcc
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Ethr 22 Apr 2011, 15:50
true but i find mingw hard to use :p
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Mayni 22 Apr 2011, 17:08
How comes?
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Ethr 23 Apr 2011, 18:39
i guess mainly coz windows doesn't have very good terminal support and cygwin isn't much good either

i'd rather just use linux straight off

also if I have to make something to work on Windows i'd rather use an MS compiler whereever possible (it just makes more sense) likewise an Apple compiler with MAC stuff

Clang might beat them all though when its finished
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Mayni 23 Apr 2011, 18:49
Makes sense I guess. I've done a fair bit of programming, but only a few little applications in C++, all console based. And even less on linux. Will have a little read-up on that actually, cheers.
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Ethr 23 Apr 2011, 18:50
yeh GUIs in C++ are horrible although GTK is kinda nice now I understand a bit of it

i'd suggest looking into C# for GUIs and then using it to wrap around a C++ program which does the main 'work' but there again that might be a bit OTT unless you're a business :p
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ironic 23 Apr 2011, 18:54
Josh,

ur such a nerd :p

<3
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Ethr 23 Apr 2011, 18:54
<3 mate

u on facebook ?
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ironic 23 Apr 2011, 18:55
=D Am now, why? Im also on msn and IRC, so :p
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Mayni 23 Apr 2011, 20:58
I've used C# a fair bit as of late, mainly for ASP.NET though. So much easier, and I know people knock Microsoft, but I do enjoy using Visual Studio to get stuff done.
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Ethr 23 Apr 2011, 21:04
yeh C# (well CLR) is pretty much one of the best things MS did:p

waiting for the opensource version (mono) to catchup
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GunRu5 22 Apr 2011, 15:14
my teacher mike is a cunt cba
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jnz 22 Apr 2011, 16:20
for sure the latest, so 2008 there. Although 2010 is what is I use -- interface rewritten in wpf so its smoooth. Although if you're writing in c++ it isnt so important because they are more focused on .net languages with the updates, although c++ compiler is much better since 2005 version, and 2010 adds c++0x support which is really useful.

Certainly not 2005 since it was a bridging software from version 6, like vista or nt was to w7 and xp respectively (AKA it had features missing and bugs).
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nicon 22 Apr 2011, 16:29
ok, sp1-version or not?
(see comment above for what i need it)
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jnz 22 Apr 2011, 16:33
yeh it has bugfixes and think also adds new/updated technologies like C++0x and better WPF support etc - can't do any harm!
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nicon 22 Apr 2011, 16:38
but there is 2008sp1 and simple 2008 and i don't know which to choose because i don't know what the difference is :s
is sp1 just an updated version or sth completely different?
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Mayni 22 Apr 2011, 17:09
Just get the most upto date version. Unless it specifically mentions it's not for your OS, which I think is unlikely.
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chaplja 22 Apr 2011, 18:06
from what he posted, he's interested in redistributable package only, not the IDE itself xD
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nicon 22 Apr 2011, 18:48
abort suggested me this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a7b7a05e-6de6-4d3a-a423-37bf0912db84
installed it.. might also be the video card drivers or sth, which makes it freeze tho' :/
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jnz 22 Apr 2011, 22:58
i saw that after i posted, took me like 10mins to write that sentence stoned then i realised after but left it anyway since it took me so long to manage to make a sensical sentence :P
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