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, ...

Have you ever thought of writing your own compiler? This is Part 2 of a series on compiler basics. Check out Part 1, where I begin by demonstrating a simple yet efficient way of reading the original ...

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 ...

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 ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

Microsoft has opened its C++ AMP specification so it can also be used by non-Microsoft compilers to harness the power of GPUs (graphics processing units). “What we see is more and more people are ...