Author: Bo Persson
Date: 09:17:41 11/09/05
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On November 09, 2005 at 04:05:54, Peter Skinner wrote: >On November 08, 2005 at 14:01:29, F. Huber wrote: > >>On November 08, 2005 at 13:27:56, Steve Maughan wrote: >> >>>Now that VS 2005 has been launched I was thinking of taking the plunge buying a >>>copy. Which one is the best for chess programming i.e. cheapest version with all >>>of the optimization feature (PGO)? It's not obvious from the website. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Steve >> >>Hi Steve, >> >>the VS 2005 Express Editions are completly _free_ now (for private use): >>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/ >> >>Regards, >>Franz. > >I don't believe that the express (free) version will allow one to use the >Profile Guided Optimizations. Version 2003 did not allow it, so I doubt 2005 >will. > >If I am correct, he will need the Professional edition to do the PGO compiles. > >Peter Considering the price difference ($0 vs $799) you might wonder if it's worth it. :-) Bo Persson
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