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grumpy · Feb 25th, 2006, 7:19 PM

In the dim dark ages (1995 or so), the Microsoft compilers were provided as separate products (eg C++ was sold separately from VB). Visual Studio is just a collection of them, in a common framework.

Feb 25th, 2006, 7:19 PM	#5
grumpy Programming Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 1,223 Rep Power: 5	In the dim dark ages (1995 or so), the Microsoft compilers were provided as separate products (eg C++ was sold separately from VB). Visual Studio is just a collection of them, in a common framework.