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MSVC code optimizer improvements in Visual Studio 2017 versions 15.5 and 15.3

December 3, 2017 Dec 3, 2017 12/3/17
Gratian Lup
In this post, we’d like to give you an update on the significant progress the Visual C++ code optimizer made in the past year, focused mostly on the features released in the 15.3 and 15.5 versions. Compared to VS2015 Update 3, VS2017 15.5 provides on average an 8.9% increase in runtime speed in the SPEC 2017 benchmark (for detailed numbers ...

Faster C++ build cycle in VS 2017 with /Debug:fastlink

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Ankit Asthana
Continuing with our goal of further improving developer productivity with Visual Studio 2017 there have been major investments made for also improving incremental developer builds. The developer incremental build is one where a developer changes a single or multiple source files and builds. The time spent in these builds is almost equal to the...

Faster C++ solution load with VS 2017

October 5, 2016 Oct 5, 2016 10/5/16
Ankit Asthana
The Visual C++ product has had projects ever since its inception.  Visual C++ had its own IDE up through Visual Studio 6.  Starting in Visual Studio .NET, C++ moved to a new IDE shared by Visual Basic, C#, C++, and other tools.  This new IDE used COM everywhere and items in the Solution Explorer were based on IVsHierarchy.  Much of the ...