Comments on: Follow up on Visual C++ 2010 https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/04/15/follow-up-on-visual-c-2010/ Fun with Virtualization Mon, 04 Nov 2013 20:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Neozeed https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/04/15/follow-up-on-visual-c-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:55:19 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=225#comment-268 I didn't notice I mixed in the compiler version along with the product version..

And yes, I've used MSC before it went all C++, then 'Visual', even if it felt like a glorified (and exceedingly more expensive) version of QuickC for Windows.

I even had a copy of MSC 3 in the box, the last version that was actually a microsoft product. I couldn't find a 5 1/4" working drive to make images, and now it's lost with all this moving around. 😐

]]> By: SamB https://virtuallyfun.com/2010/04/15/follow-up-on-visual-c-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:37:51 +0000 https://virtuallyfun.com/?p=225#comment-267 Um, excuse me, but it looks like you're conflating the Visual Studio version with the compiler version. The compiler has been around a bit longer than VC++/VS (and does not exist solely for use as a component of them), so it has a somewhat larger version number. For example, VS 2008 (9.0) appears to come with:

>CL
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80×86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

I would suggest picking one version and sticking with it — the CL version is presumably more meaningful — or listing both for each compiler. Note also that the CL versions in a single package may differ between target architectures, for example:

Z:\WinDDK\3790.1830>for %I in (fre 64 AMD64) do cmd /c "bin\setenv.bat . %I && c
l"

Z:\WinDDK\3790.1830>cmd /c "bin\setenv.bat . fre && cl"
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 13.10.4035 for 80×86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1984-2002. All rights reserved.

usage: cl [ option… ] filename… [ /link linkoption… ]

Z:\WinDDK\3790.1830>cmd /c "bin\setenv.bat . 64 && cl"
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.40310.39 for IA-64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

usage: cl [ option… ] filename… [ /link linkoption… ]

Z:\WinDDK\3790.1830>cmd /c "bin\setenv.bat . AMD64 && cl"
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.40310.41 for AMD64
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

usage: cl [ option… ] filename… [ /link linkoption… ]

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