[gameprogrammer] Re: Something to check out
- From: "Kevin Fields" <drunkendruid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:18:14 -0400
It doesn't look like the IDE is included in the toolkit.
But the debugger appears to be free.
They've brought out the Visual Studio 2005 beta. So, maybe they're phasing
out .NET 2003 like they've done with VS 6.0.
That's a great thing Gates is doing.
>From: Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Gameprogrammer Mailing List <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: Something to check out
>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:01:08 -0600
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>On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 19:24 -0400, Kevin Fields wrote:
> > I recently (meaning today) found out that Microsoft is releasing their
> > Visual C++ 2003 IDE for free.
>
>Huh, interesting. I can think of several reasons to do it. I can spin
>theories all day!
>
>The cost of MS development tools has been the reason that things like
>OpenWatcom and DevC++ have become so popular. And, I have heard that the
>cost of MS development tools is one of the things driving adoption of
>Linux in governments and in third world countries.
>
>OTOH, Bill Gates just committed $750 million to vaccinating children
>world wide. May be he is just feeling generous this week.
>
> > Not sure if anyone else knew about that, but
> > here're the links. I just thought I'd inform people.
>
>Is that the latest version of VC++? Or an older version?
>
> >
> > Visual C++ 2003 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/vctoolkit2003/
> > Visual C++ 2003 Debugger - http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ddk/debugging/
> >
> > That's right, MS has decided to NOT include the debugger with the VC++
>2003
> > toolkit. No idea why they did that. But, oh well. At least it's free
>now.
>
>Are they charging for the debugger?
>
> >
> > Kevin
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> Bob Pendleton
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