Carlos Mao wrote:

>
> Does we need to use the pro version or the new standard VC 6.0 will do?
>

From a practical point of view there is little difference between the two. It
is the same compiler, IDE etc. Both versions should produce the same code in a
debug build. However, the Pro version will optimise the code for a production
build, which would certainly be important if you wanted to do anything
serious.

The Pro version also comes with a profiler, which could be useful some way
down the line. But for debug and learning purposes, Standard is fine.

There are one or two other differences in the products - Pro comes with extra
support for SQL Server, for instance. Funnily enough, that hasn't interested
me.

Perhaps more importantly, both versions come with a two cd MSDN documentation
set. For my money, that is almost worth the price of the Standard version
alone.


Paul
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