It's just one facet of the recent Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 release, but it's one that Visual C++ developers are excited to deploy. The update also includes numerous fixes to the standard library.

If your company develops desktop applications for Windows, you're probably using Visual C++. This version of C++ contains special functions and objects to handle the Windows environment. These files, ...

Google has decided to bring the Windows version of its popular Chrome browser in line with its Linux and macOS counterparts. As reported by Ars Technica, the company has switched Chrome's Windows ...

Google’s Chrome browser is now built using the Clang compiler on Windows. Previously built using the Microsoft C++ compiler, Google is now using the same compiler for Windows, macOS, Linux, and ...

Microsoft published guidance explaining how C++ developers can upgrade their existing projects to Visual Studio 2026. The company said the process is straightforward and designed to minimize ...

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Microsoft is developing an advanced code optimizer for its Visual C++ compiler back end to improve performance and code size. Visual C++ is Microsoft’s variant of the still-popular general-purpose ...

One of the hardest things I found when first learning C++, outside of learning about pointers and memory management, was how to successfully compile code using third-party libraries. As a game ...

The Palo Alto giant's browser will be ditching Microsoft's native C++ compiler in favour of Clang in order to maintain parity with other platforms like macOS and Linux, where Clang is already used.