Hello We just wanted to mention that our own Tarek Madkour has recently written an MSDN article titled “ An Inside Look At The Next Generation Of Visual C++” . Tarek is a Lead Program Manager on the Visual C++ team and has been working on different...

This channel 9 interview features our very own Gordon Hogenson, the Visual C++ Documentation Manager who has recently released his first book “ C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET ”. Gordon has worked as a manager, technical writer and test engineer...

Hi, my name is Andy Rich, and I’m a tester on the front-end compiler. Last time I posted here , I discussed several aspects of testing conformance in the C++ compiler, which is a large part of my job. Another large part of what I do is diagnosing bugs...

This is the second time I’ve experienced the “end game” of a product cycle in VC++. It is always a wonderful time: looking back at all the accomplishments, the satisfaction of seeing all the cool new features working smoothly together, the eagerness of...

Hello folks! Alvin Chardon, VC++ IDE QA member here. I write to our readers today, not with a specific topic in mind, but with a few different thoughts collected during the Orcas product cycle. Hopefully, by the end of this narrative we can take...