In article <11*********************@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups. com>,
de*********@hotmail.com says...
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As I understand Microsoft's versioning numbers, the compiler used by
visual studio 2005 is version 8, two major revisions up fom version 6
(which is old enough to predate the standardisation of C++).
It's two major versions, but then again, major vs. minor doesn't
necessarily mean a lot -- though officially treated as a minor version,
in terms of standard conformance, the biggest upgrade in there was from
VS 7 to 7.1.
Oh, BTW, the compiler has its own version number separate from Visual
Studio as a whole. The compiler version numbers have maintained a
continuous succession all the way back to Microsoft's first C compiler
(and before, if you want to get technical -- the first few versions were
really Lattice C in Microsoft packaging).
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Later,
Jerry.
The universe is a figment of its own imagination.
