Visual C++ and Standard C++

RanBlade

I just recently got back into C++ been a few years since I have done anyhting with C++ due to RL issues. I bought the book "C++ from the ground up" and it is using features I have never used before or seen and says these are now standard C++ features. So i googled and found that Visual Studio C++ does not work well at all with this new(to me atleast) standard. I was wondering if there is a update to Visual C++ to make it compliant with the standard C++ as that is what I want to learn. Oh I almost forgot I have version 6.0. All i have found is that it is all fixed in .net. Just trying to find out if there is a update to make it compliant with standard C++ features. RanBlade aka Eric Ranaldi "Passion is what drive you to stay until 4am ficing that minor bug that hardly anyone would notice...Passion is where great games come from. If you don'l live and breath games, you shouldn't be in the gaming industry" - Dave Pottinger, Ensemble Studios

Taka Muraoka

Not that I'm aware of. I'd love to see it but it ain't never going to happen. MS only recently gave a rat's ass about C++ standards compliance recently and took onboard several high-profile C++ gurus.

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RanBlade

So what compiler would you recommend to go with standard C++??? RanBlade aka Eric Ranaldi "Passion is what drive you to stay until 4am ficing that minor bug that hardly anyone would notice...Passion is where great games come from. If you don'l live and breath games, you shouldn't be in the gaming industry" - Dave Pottinger, Ensemble Studios

RanBlade

Is Visual C++.net compliant with Standard C++? or any of them ? RanBlade aka Eric Ranaldi "Passion is what drive you to stay until 4am ficing that minor bug that hardly anyone would notice...Passion is where great games come from. If you don'l live and breath games, you shouldn't be in the gaming industry" - Dave Pottinger, Ensemble Studios

Taka Muraoka

There are no 100%-compliant compilers, it's just a question of degree. VC7 is supposed to be significantly better than VC6 (which is not hard to do :rolleyes:). If you Google around, there are comparative reviews. The C++ Users Journal usually has good ones.

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Joe Woodbury

Visual C++ 7.1 is one of the most C++ standard compliant compilers available. It still lacks some of the more esoteric features, but the odds of you finding that to be a problem is extremely slim (moreover, most compilers aren't compliant with these features.) Incidentally, VC++ 6.0 was fairly compliant. It did have problems with some template specifications like partial specialization, but it was still more compliant than many alternatives, all claims to the contrary. In the meantime, it will take a while of learning C++ before you start stumbling with those parts of VC++ 6.0 that aren't compliant with the standard. Then you can move to VC++ 7.1. And if you want a compiler that is 100% compliant, forget it, one doesn't exist. Joe Woodbury When all else fails, there's always delusion. - Conan O'Brien