Though you can write "C" code in Notepad, you must have a C compiler, such as the compiler included with the Microsoft Visual Studio development suite, to compile the code. To write a C code file in ...

Now that Visual Studio 2015 is upon us, here's a brief overview of the capabilities of the .NET Compiler Platform. "Project Roslyn," formally known as the Microsoft .NET Compiler Platform, has been in ...

In version 17.14 of Visual Studio 2022, the MSVC compiler generates code twenty percent faster than in version 17, according to Microsoft. Furthermore, the compiler simplifies the data flow so that ...

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I've not been having luck here. I tried the workarounds I found on the internet, and haven't had success. I've got Windows 7 64-bit, and need to compile 64-bit apps. I *think* installing the Windows ...

On July 20, Microsoft declared Visual Studio 2015 officially done and available for download. The latest version of Microsoft's tool suite, as well as .Net 4.6, have been released to manufacturing and ...

A feature in a compiler included in Microsoft Corp.’s newly announced Visual C++ .Net application can unwittingly allow developers to create programs vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks, according ...