Author: James Robertson
Date: 19:45:23 02/01/00
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On February 01, 2000 at 12:22:02, Mike Carter wrote: >I started writing a Visual Basic chess program but have decided to migrate to >C++. Checking out Microsoft compilers, the Enterprise version of 6.0 seems to >be overkill (and at $1300 out of price range!). Microsoft's Standard version of >C++ 6.0 is about $100 and the Professional version is $550. Assuming I'm using >this to write chess code exclusively, is the extra $450 justified to move up to >Professional? Or is another company (e.g. Borland) a better choice/value? (If >it matters, I have a Pentium II 400 MHz with 128Mb RAM and would eventually like >to port the program to WinBoard). Many thanks in advance for your opinion! > >Mike Carter (MrMike on ICC) >mcarter@tdi.net I have the professional edition which I got for somewhere between $100 and $200, I don't remember which. I bought it mail order with a student discount from something like the MS store. I'll look it up and see if I can find what it is called. Anyway, I have been very happy with MSVC++, professional edition. I have had no problems with the optimizations, and I like the interface. Beware of the profiler though. It is horrible to get to work, and even when it does you are not sure if it isn't just spitting out garbage. James
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