Microsoft Visual C

Microsoft Visual C++ is a coding environment made by Microsoft, mainly used for coding in C and C++. The software provides helpful tools for programmers, such as a debugging tool to help find bugs in written code. The program is available in both trial and free versions.

Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	February 1993 (1993-02)
Stable release	14.16.27012.6 / November 15, 2018 (2018-11-15)
Written in	C++
Operating system	Windows
Platform	IA-32, x86-64 and ARM
Available in	English, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Type	IDE
License	Trialware and freeware
Website	docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/

Some programs require the Visual C++ library package to be installed on the computer in order to run in the first place.

The previous version of Visual C++ was called Microsoft C/C++, originally used to compile code written in C. The first version of Microsoft Visual C++ was officially released in February of 1993.

The product was first created as an environment for C programming, however it only supported the original C library rather than the C99 revision. In 2013, Visual C++ included support for various C99 features, however it was not until 2015 that Visual C++ included full support of the C99 standard library. The C11 revision that replaced the C99 revision is still not supported in recent versions of Visual C++, however the company has plans to add them in future versions.

Other websites

• Official website
• Building Win32 Applications Using Visual C++ 2005 Express
• Visual C++ Tools and Templates in Visual Studio Editions
• Visual C++ standalone build tools
• Microsoft's 'Going Native' Channel Nine show
• Rejuvenating the Microsoft C/C++ Compiler Archived 2015-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, September 2015