Visual Studio C/C++ compiler (CL), like probably any other compiler, has C runtime library (CRT) which could be linked into final executable (or DLL) statically or dynamically. Every compiler version ...

Visual Studio, however, is not an open-source project; it is a profit center for Microsoft. (I think it's fairly obvious that Microsoft wants to encourage .NET usage instead of C++, anyway.) ...

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As reported by Ars Technica, the company has switched Chrome's Windows compiler from Microsoft's Visual Studio C++ compiler to Clang, an open-source alternative.

Visual Studio 2022 v17.11 brings improvements in formatted output, vectorization, and diagnostics, CMake debugger support, and nearly 4x faster conditional breakpoints for C++.

With the latest Visual C++ versions (since 2008) it is not possible anymore to compile the bundled MFC sources. The necessary files, ie makefiles like atlmfc.mak and a DEF file are not provided ...

A new compiler lets programmers use their C# skills to build JavaScript and HTML5 Web applications. By integrating with Microsoft’s Visual Studio IDE and leveraging Microsoft’s Roslyn compiler ...