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Visual Studio 2013 Preview Now Available!

June 26, 2013 Jun 26, 2013 06/26/13
Eric Battalio
Soma announced availability of the Visual Studio 2013 Preview.The experience for Visual C++ developers was improved with enhancements in the following areas: ISO C/C++ standards, Visual C++ library, C++ application performance, Windows Store App development, diagnostics, 3-D graphics, the IDE and productivity.Here are the key links: We ...

November CTP, isocpp.org, Standard C++ Foundations Announced Today

November 2, 2012 Nov 2, 2012 11/2/12
Eric Battalio
November 2, 12:45pm PDT C++ use and investment continues to grow strongly in all parts of the software industry, and broadly across all major industries. As Herb Sutter said, more than ever “Microsoft is built on C++, and the world runs on C++.” At the same time, programmers now need to be educated that C++ is not the same language it ...

Hello ARM: Exploring Undefined, Unspecified, and Implementation-defined Behavior in C++

October 25, 2012 Oct 25, 2012 10/25/12
Michael from Redmond
With the introduction of Windows RT for ARM devices, many Windows software developers will be encountering ARM processors for the first time. For the native C++ developer this means the potential for running afoul of undefined, unspecified, or implementation-defined behavior--as defined by the C++ language--that is expressed differently on the...

VC11 ISO C++ Concurrency Tour in March Issue of MSDN Mag

March 16, 2012 Mar 16, 2012 03/16/12
Diego Dagum - MSFT
(image) Greetings!! I am Diego Dagum, Community Program Manager with the Visual C++ team. I recently got an article published in the current issue of MSDN Magazine about the ISO C++11 concurrency features implemented in Visual C++ 11.     It’s a 101-level journey through standardized features like: [...