Be able to compile a x64 build with the free available Express Edition and the SDK without Hacks is already a huge benefit imho. :)
Am 20.08.2011 20:02, schrieb J.: > No real benefits, AFAIK. > > There's no speed benefits for using it, and no differences i've found > so far. The only benefit is that you can use the express edition of msvc 2010 > with the windows 7 x64 SDK to produce x64 versions of Blender for windows for > free, but with some pitfalls (require recompilling some libraries) and the > binary resulting is not 100% compatible with windows xp x64 (2008 was the > last edition compatible with xp 64). You can't do that with the express > 2008 edition without resoring to hacks. (that includes editing some registry > values), and use and older SDK for windows 7. > > That is. > > J. > > > ________________________________ > From: Yousef Hurfoush<[email protected]> > To: blender foundation committers<[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 1:24 PM > Subject: [Bf-committers] 2008 vs 2010 > > > i was just wondering what benefits give us compiling blender in vc 2010 vs > 2008, is it faster? > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers -- Thomas Dinges Blender Developer, Artist and Musician www.dingto.org _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
