From: Frank Schmitt <invalid@...>
Date: 2003-11-24T20:07:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Microsoft's C/C++ compiler freely available

bjsp123@imap.cc (Benjamin Peterson) writes:

> Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote in message 
> news:<20031115082603.GB780@math.umd.edu>...
> > Question:
> > Why would you want to use Microsoft's C/C++ compiler when gcc is 
> > available?  No sarcasm.  This is an honest question.
> 
> 
> A better question these days might be:  why would you want to use
> Microsoft's C/C++ compiler when their C# compiler (and the .NET build
> tools and runtimes) are also free?

Because C/C++ are both platform-independent?
Because C# is yet another obsolete offspring of C/C++?
Because I don't want garbage collection in my compiled language of choice?
Because I want templates?
Because...

oh well, enough rant for now :-)
regards
frank

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