It is required that your codes could compile by a free compiler. So
you can use the IDE you bought but you should make sure that your code
will work with some free compiler.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:36 PM, tonka <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>>
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