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. >> >> >> > -- >> >> > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. 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