is it required that one must use express versions of the visual studio or can i use the one that i bought a couple of years back?
On May 20, 11:02 am, Liu Cheng <[email protected]> wrote: > You can download VS2008 Express / VS2010 Express > at:http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/ > > > > > > 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 > > 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 > 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.
