Purchasing the Visual C++ Compiler

We are officially using Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 for the course since the "Express" version is installed on every campus computer (Luerssen, library, etc.) The source code that you hand in for the programming assignments must execute properly on Visual C++ 2005 and your programs must follow the CMPSC 201 Coding Standards .

You may download the software for free from Microsoft at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/download

Microsoft Visual C++ is not available for Macintosh or Linux computers though there are many other C++ compilers available for those platforms.