Visual C++ 4.0 and 6.0

[Bobalandi]

Alright, I was looking through some of my old msdn stuff and saw that I had VC++ 4.0 and I also have VC++ 6.0 Enterprise edition, I am not sure which to install, I have 23 gb on this comp and not many programs except for vb6 and some smaller ones, so should I install 6.0?

PS. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but I think it is...

[Bobalandi]

NVM. I installed 6.0 now I need to get started...

[twanvl]

I would suggest you download VC++ 2005 Express Edition instead. It is a much newer version, and it is free.

[Paul M]

Requires .NET though the only language i like that requires .NET is C#, i would suggest sticking with C++ 6.0 and maybe using a different IDE i personally am disgusted at what Microsoft have done to probably the best language ever.

[twanvl]

While the Visual Studio IDE requires .NET to be installed on your computer, the programs you make with it do not need it. Microsoft just calls it ".NET" because their marketing department likes to confuse people.

[Paul M]

It is a little different still. Execution is a little slower because the code is still converted to MSIL and then the runtime converts it to machine code. So it still has some of use of the .NET framework. Managed C++ is used over other managed languages but old school C++ will always own.

[twanvl]

I will repeat:

VC++ 200* does not require that you use .NET code. The compiler supports both managed C++ (which compiles to MSIL) and plain old C++ (which compiles to native executables).