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Free Microsoft 64-bit C++ Compiler Available Here...   [BETA]

By: Ian Binnie   Homepage   Sydney  
Date: Dec 10,2010 at 05:11
In Response to: Free Microsoft 64-bit C++ Compiler Available Here... (Liviu)

> > I have tried Visual Studio 2005 (Express Edition), but this will
> not
> > work side by side with Visual C++ 6.0, so needs a dedicated machine.
>
> That's odd. I have several versions of VS installed side by side, and
> did not have this problem. I just make sure to keep them in separate
> directory trees, and not register any environment variables (the IDE
> works without, and I use the cmd prompt with a customized vcvarsall.cmd
> when needed). Haven't tried the express editions, though.

The problem is not with Visual Studio 2005 itself (I have this to use Visual Basic), but Visual C++ 2005. I installed this, and it clobbered the SDK.

Visual C++ 6.0 did "work", but because it won't work with the new SDK, I couldn't actually do anything with it. M$ did say Visual Studio 2005 doesn't support side by side installations.

> > Visual Studio 2008 (Express Edition) is more friendly, but does not
> seem
> > to offer 64-bit programs.
>
> FWIW there is a VS 2010 Express available, too, which supposedly
> supports 64b cross-compiling with the SDK installed ( href=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9yb4317s.aspx>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9yb4317s.aspx).
> However, like many things MS, it doesn't seem to work as advertised out
> of the box. You may find the comments at href=http://jenshuebel.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/visual-c-2008-express-edition-and-64-bit-targets/>http://jenshuebel.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/visual-c-2008-express-edition-and-64-bit-targets/
> helpful.

I might give this a try, but am wary of VS 2010. It seems to have abandoned backward compatibility (from what I have read).

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