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Software => Computer programming => Topic started by: Regice 1123 on May 19, 2009, 03:00:11 PM

Title: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Regice 1123 on May 19, 2009, 03:00:11 PM: As the title entails, I'd like to know if there's any better IDE than Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition. The debug mode lags to *censored*, and once it even disconnected me from the internet. Maybe that was just my router resetting itself... again... Also, builds take forever and sometimes it even crashes on me when I have a loooong code >_>; I've already tried Dev-C++ and it didn't really work out too well xD. Anyways, a little help please? =/
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Ironman on May 19, 2009, 06:53:07 PM: Check out the link, it has all major C++ IDE's free and proprietary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments#C.2FC.2B.2B (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments#C.2FC.2B.2B)
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: BC_Programmer on May 19, 2009, 07:05:08 PM: If I'm on a XP machine, I'll use Visual C++ 6; if I need to run vista, I'll use another language :P

Although watcom C++ seemed at least as good, if not better then VC++.
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Helpmeh on May 19, 2009, 07:32:09 PM: Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 19, 2009, 07:05:08 PM
If I'm on a XP machine, I'll use Visual C++ 6; if I need to run vista, I'll use another language :P

Although watcom C++ seemed at least as good, if not better then VC++.
For me, all the visual studios are laggy as heck when debugging and starting up, I got rid of them because they were taking up tooo much space for my needs.
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: BC_Programmer on May 19, 2009, 07:39:45 PM: Version six isn't laggy at all. Ctrl+Alt+T shows up instantly, just like VB6's Ctrl+J.

now the .NET environments, on the other hand...
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Helpmeh on May 19, 2009, 07:42:28 PM: Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 19, 2009, 07:39:45 PM
Version six isn't laggy at all. Ctrl+Alt+T shows up instantly, just like VB6's Ctrl+J.

now the .NET environments, on the other hand...
I mean like the 2008 ones...
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: BC_Programmer on May 19, 2009, 07:50:45 PM: well, you did say "All"...
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Helpmeh on May 19, 2009, 08:02:07 PM: Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 19, 2009, 07:50:45 PM
well, you did say "All"...
I meant all the 2008 ones. They're fairly bulky (if you can't even install Maple Story) and very slow.
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: BC_Programmer on May 19, 2009, 08:05:31 PM: 2008 barely runs on my XP machine. 2005 is better. but still I ask myself why I bother since I never use them.

The professional editions come with the MSDN library, though, which I find fairly handy. I've pretty much read everything in the April 2000 MSDN library snapshot that I got with Visual Studio 6.0 a few years ago (I'm dead serious- I was reading KB articles for programs I had never even heard of- it was reading material, after all)
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Ironman on May 20, 2009, 06:50:03 AM: VBS 2008 runs fine on mine XP! ;D
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Helpmeh on May 20, 2009, 03:22:48 PM: Quote from: Ironman on May 20, 2009, 06:50:03 AM
VBS 2008 runs fine on mine XP! ;D
Are you sure it doesn't actually affect YOU?!
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Ironman on May 20, 2009, 04:51:16 PM: Meant to say "my", was typing too fast and didn't read over my post, still have no problems with VBS 08.
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Regice 1123 on May 20, 2009, 04:56:35 PM: Quote from: Ironman on May 19, 2009, 06:53:07 PM
Check out the link, it has all major C++ IDE's free and proprietary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments#C.2FC.2B.2B (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments#C.2FC.2B.2B)

Thanks... lol =P I'm running Vista HPx64 x.x So yeah debugging happens to be a biiit laggy for me :P
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: BC_Programmer on May 20, 2009, 05:43:26 PM: what the heck is "VBS 2008"
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Helpmeh on May 20, 2009, 05:50:14 PM: Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 20, 2009, 05:43:26 PM
what the heck is "VBS 2008"
Visual Basic 2008 or Visual Basic Studio 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/Express/VB/
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: BC_Programmer on May 20, 2009, 05:53:10 PM: there is no "Visual Basic studio" it's Visual Studio- the various languages all run off Visual Studio itself.

VBS has ALWAYS stood for Visual basic Script; there is a 2008 version of that as well as released with the latest versions of the scripting host.
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Helpmeh on May 20, 2009, 06:48:27 PM: Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 20, 2009, 05:53:10 PM
there is no "Visual Basic studio" it's Visual Studio- the various languages all run off Visual Studio itself.

VBS has ALWAYS stood for Visual basic Script; there is a 2008 version of that as well as released with the latest versions of the scripting host.
Well there's Visual Basic in the Visual Studio 2008...whatever.
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: BC_Programmer on May 20, 2009, 06:49:19 PM: There's Visual Basic in Visual Studio 98 as well but they don't call it Visual Basic Studio 98 Or Visual basic Studio 6.
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Helpmeh on May 20, 2009, 07:15:50 PM: Quote from: BC_Programmer on May 20, 2009, 06:49:19 PM
There's Visual Basic in Visual Studio 98 as well but they don't call it Visual Basic Studio 98 Or Visual basic Studio 6.
Quote from: Helpmeh on May 20, 2009, 06:48:27 PM
...whatever.
Title: Re: Anything better than MSVC++?
Post by: Bones92 on May 21, 2009, 12:04:16 AM: I have both VB.net 2003 and 2008 Installed on my computer and both run fine, I've got XP. 2003 is a tad faster than 2008, though, and the only problem I have with 2008 is the built in help files didn't install properly and all the internal links between documents don't work, which is faily annoying, as you could imagine.