Visual C++
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Nov 14, 2025first mention
Jul 25, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Man, I love the Visual C++ and Visual J++ interface so much.”
“I switched to Visual C++”
switched from Visual Basicon “What if there was no BASIC in EndBASIC? – by Julio M…”
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“Visual C++ used to come with 14 inches of decent books.”
“I used Visual C in the early 90s and it was a dream compared to vi and whatever C compiler the various unices I was using had.”
Caveats and dissent
“Microsoft has gutted their Visual C++ team, which has significantly slowed the implementation pace of new features and fixing bugs”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
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All comments 8
“I only care about VC++ for hobby coding”
“Man, I love the Visual C++ and Visual J++ interface so much.”
“I switched to Visual C++”
“Visual C++ used to come with 14 inches of decent books.”
“I used Visual C in the early 90s and it was a dream compared to vi and whatever C compiler the various unices I was using had.”
“For decades, Microsoft only made Visual C++ for Windows”
“Microsoft is in no rush to add anything else.”
“Microsoft has gutted their Visual C++ team, which has significantly slowed the implementation pace of new features and fixing bugs”