maskkkk wrote: > > Thomas Hruska wrote: >> However, they probably target older versions of Windows. VS 2008 is the >> first time Microsoft has deviated from "infinite backwards >> compatibility" since the 16-bit days and the DLL versions of the >> runtimes no longer support building for older versions of 32-bit Windows. >> > > They do target older versions of Windows, in fact the versions they target > are so old that the last guy who was here got fired for using the standard > template library and blowing the size of the executable up from 2MB to 10MB. > I was really shocked when I heard this (coming from Java where everybody > uses libraries)... > > I think what they have is VS 2005 (lying around the office and not being > used); This place won't look bad on my resume will it?
Well, it won't look bad. You will have to flavor up the reason why your knowledge isn't current. I recommend learning to use VS2008 on your own so that you keep your skill set current. VS2008 Express is free. Firing someone over doing something as trivial as using the STL is hardly a good reason to fire them. There is something wrong with that compiler if dropping in the STL causes the Release build to increase the size of the final executable by 8MB. There is probably more to that story than has been told to you. But, if there isn't more to that story, you should consider looking elsewhere for a job since the tiniest mistake will result in being fired. Getting fired is almost always detrimental. There are about 5 people in the world using Windows 95 and maybe 1 person using Windows 3.x. Targeting those OSes is completely ridiculous. There are, unfortunately, Windows 98 users still in existence. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
