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On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:53 AM, tonka <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks abotaleb, i only downloaded the header files but still whenever > i use #include<stl/vector> it shows 33 errors like multiple > declaration of pair etc( i have vector in my VC++ include folder also- > is that causing the conflict? i have also included the path of the stl > folder in the include directories of my compiler. am i missing > something? > > carlos, > since you said that VC++ 6.0 doesn't have a free version so i assume > that visual studio 8.0 must be available for free download. could you > please recommend a website from where i should download VS 8.0? > thanks a lot for the help again. > tonka. > > On May 20, 1:47 am, Carlos Guia <[email protected]> wrote: >> I would strongly suggest using a newer version of Visual >> Studio, especially 2005 (v 8.0) or newer. >> >> 1) Version 6.0 is somewhat a rule violation since it doesn't have a free >> (express edition) version. >> 2) Problem 1 isn't that big if the code you write is standard enough to work >> on newer VC++ or g++, but VC++ 6.0 has some standard violations, so you >> may accidentally end up writing code that only works in that version and >> won't be able to defend yourself as version 6.0 is not allowed. >> 3) Newer versions have a better compiler, usually with faster generated code >> and fully functional STL already inside. >> >> However, even though newer version have full STL, it isn't the fastest >> implementation out there. If you still want to use a different STL >> implementation I recommend you check STLport >> athttp://stlport.sourceforge.net/. >> >> Carlos Guía >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:40 PM, tonka <[email protected]> wrote: >> > i am currently using microsoft visual C++ 6.0 and last night i >> > downloaded the standard template library which i found quite helpful >> > after reading in a website. but the problem is that some of the header >> > files in the STL are also present in the include folder of VC++ like >> > vector, dequeue etc. So do i replace these with the ones that are in >> > the downloaded STL folder or do i keep both. I tried keeping both but >> > when i compile it says that there are multiple declarations. there are >> > also some header files in the STL folder that are not present in the VC >> > ++. Moreover the files that are common in both don't contain the same >> > thing in them - so which one to keep? i would really like the pros to >> > advise here. >> > thanks in advance. >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "google-codejam" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<google-code%2bunsubscr...@googlegr >> > oups.com> >> > . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "google-codejam" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en.
