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| Microsoft Visual C++ .NET Standard 2003 [OLD VERSION] | ![Microsoft Visual C++ .NET Standard 2003 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516JG91FQEL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $109.00
Buy Used: $84.00
You Save: $25.00 (23%)
Used (2) from $84.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 4339
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Xp Professional, Windows Xp Home Edition, Windows 2003 Server
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 3.1 x 0.8
MPN: 254-00257
Model: 254-00257
UPC: 805529137615
EAN: 0805529137615
ASIN: B000089GKV
Release Date: May 10, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 C# .NET best of breed if you are a Windows shop December 17, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
C# .NET is an easy transition for either a C++ or Java programmer. After crashing and burning on every Visual Basic Project I've ever worked on, this is a refreshing change. Its fast and easy - I only wish that it were an open standard. The code I've written in it and used as pseudo-code ported back to linux with only a few changes and wrappers.
 Great C++ compiler October 18, 2005
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
For the price, you can't beat it. Great for making programs while taking a C++ class. Haven't had any problems with the compiler.
Excellent value! June 12, 2005
18 out of 23 found this review helpful
While Visual C++ Professional is a better choice for those needing to build optimized production code, Standard Edition 2003 rates 5 stars for the price.
This product is targeted at students. Hence the low price and lack of an optimizing compiler.
That said, here are some reasons a professional developer on a tight budget might still want to buy this product:
- Can be used for many projects where compiler optimization is not critical or even relevant: prototyping, debugging, Managed C++, tools, many production apps, etc.
- If you need high-performance compiled code (and can't afford the Pro version) you can download the optimizing compiler free from Microsoft. That compiler compares well overall with anything else available on Windows or Linux.
- Simply the best C++ development environment available at any price. (Class View is far superior to 6.0. GUI-development tools are also far better, once you get used to them.)
- .NET is superior to MFC for GUI development. However, Managed C++ is not the best tool for taking advantage of it.
- .NET is superior to MFC/ATL (COM) for development of distributed applications. (Easier to develop, deploy, manage, etc.)
- One of the most standards-compliant compilers around (unlike 6.0). This is necessary if you want to use a some modern techniques like template metaprogramming.
- Excellent documentation for C++ and STL. (unlike 6.0, but also available online)
- Excellent documentation for Windows API and many other windows-related technologies. (also available online)
- MFC, ATL, and .NET libraries not available with "free" software.
If you are on a shoe-string budget, this product is well worth the price. You will be more productive than you can be with "free" tools, and you will get a better product overall than Visual C++ 6.
That said, 2005 is due out soon. Managed C++ is supposed to be much improved. In addition, a third-tier product will be introduced called Visual C++ Express, presumably at an even cheaper price than Standard.
 Thank you all June 10, 2005
2 out of 13 found this review helpful
I was going to buy a game dev SDK and it required VC++ 2003. Thanks to these reviews I will forget the whole thing and use Dev C++ which is free (and I already use) and use open source game components like Ogre.
Bad and Slow March 31, 2005
12 out of 20 found this review helpful
You can download this product for free, including the 2005 edition. Despite this fact the VC++.net compiles code that is about 1000 times slower than their visual studio compiler, even after optimizations are turned on (g1-g7.cpp). Even funnier is the fact that when I turn on SSE2 optimizations on their visual studio product, their floating point code test sample (gl-g7.cpp) runs slower on my Pentium 4 2.4 GHz machine (SSE2 enabled) than with the optimizations turned off. Nice advertisement for their optimizing compiler eh?
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