Even the first of Visual C++ was a professional C/C++ compiler. That's been the same Microsoft compiler they've been selling for years for $500. The previous version was just called Microsoft C/C++ 7.0.
It wasn't in any way a "toy". What I think you're talking about is that Microsoft was pushing the "Visual" aspect of the IDE that it was trying to copy from Visual Basic, but with MFC, and was doing a sucky job at it. You didn't have to use it. Most of us didn't.
It wasn't in any way a "toy". What I think you're talking about is that Microsoft was pushing the "Visual" aspect of the IDE that it was trying to copy from Visual Basic, but with MFC, and was doing a sucky job at it. You didn't have to use it. Most of us didn't.