What is the difference between C++ and Visual C++? Also, will regular C++ work on Microsoft''s Visual C++ compiler? What is better to learn? Visual or regular? And my last question is: Will C work on Microsoft''s Visual C++ compiler. Sorry if I''m making people mad on my stupid posts, but I would like to know, since I''m getting into it! Please help! Thanks

C++ is a programming language. (Microsoft) Visual C++/Visual Studio is a compiler for the C/C++ language. Visual C++ was made so people could make Windows programs easier. (Mainly so people wouldn''t have to make their own resource files by hand.) C & C++ both work just fine in Visual C++, that''s what it was made for.

The "visual" part of VC is a misnomer. Visual Basic is probably more of a higher level interactive programming system than VC is. When I first heard "Visual C++" I thought it was going to be alot more visual and interactive. It''s really just a compiler and editor build into an IDE to do C++ programming with. Of course at the time they came up with it, the resource editing part was a very new and sophisticated thing, so I guess it is kind of visual in that respect.

DSutherland

for true visual windows development check out Borlands products C++ Builder or Delphi

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