Kelly O'Hair wrote:
Phil's understanding is also mine.
I don't doubt that at some time in the future these two products might
be different builds, due to patches and so forth, but as I read all the
web pages, they should be in fact the same actual compiler and optimizer.
It's some of the fluff around the edges that is missing, like ATL and
MFC,
and maybe performance feedback optimization (which we do not use).
-kto
Phil Race wrote:
Erik Trimble wrote:
I know there's been a lot of exploration on this topic, as yes,
being able to use just the free MS SDK and the free Visual Studio
versions would make it very nice. Unfortunately, the free version
of VS is actually _very_ different than the Professional version,
and not just the compiler itself (which, has a whole 'nother set of
bugs unique to it...).
I don't recall any such data on bugs. It is supposed to be the same
compiler,
with the same optimiser. Should be bug for bug compatible to the
extent the functionalities overlap.
If you have data to the contrary could you share it?
-phil.
IIRC, the problem is more that the Free version is NOT lockstep with the
Professional version. So, the Free version is generally the
Professional version + Some Patchlevel, where the Patchlevel is not
obvious. I'm not even sure that it corresponds directly to a service
pack level, thus, I can't be sure that Professional + Service Pack X =
Free. My last bit of understanding from MS on this was that both the
Free and Professional are the same source base, but they aren't just a
repackaging of the same built binaries.
I'd love to be wrong about this, and find out that truly the
Professional version is a strict superset of the Free version, but...
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