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5 Sep 2024 19:27:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Free Compilers Vista 64?  
From: JeffBTX
Date: 29 May 2009 04:10:00
Message: <web.4a1f98213b64b80364d5e6a0@news.povray.org>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> JeffBTX <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> > I've checked on Microsoft Visual C++ Express. Free, but you have to register it
> > (to use it past 30 days), and to register it you need a "Microsoft Live ID".
>
>   You register it once and that's it. You can use it forever. It's not such
> a big problem.
>
>   You can create command-line programs, native Win32 programs and C++.NET
> programs with it, so it should meet your needs. (The graphical interface
> designer can only be used with C++.NET, which is somewhat of a bummer, but
> if that's not a problem, then it's surprisingly easy to use.)
>
> --
>                                                           - Warp

Thanks for the info, Warp - it looks like I will be downloading & installing it
soon, after I do a little bit of research on MSDN.


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