Is there a difference between "MS Visual C++" and "C++"?

Question

I have Visual Studio .NET 2003 and I am hoping to work with Visual C++, but I can only find tutorials for regular "C++" and "Visual Studio 4".

Is there a difference between Visual C++ and C++? If there is, please tell me what it is.

Answer 1

Visual C++ is an editor for C++. It uses all the standard C++ commands, etc. MS just provides you with a nice graphic environment and some extra that make it easier to program in and for the Windows environment. A C++ language tutorial will be useful for Visual C++ also.

Answer 2

No ,As You read the name MS "Visual C++" You know that it's a gui Type IDE(intergrated development environment). You can work on the codes visually. VC++ is basically C++ with nice graphical user interface the pregenerates code while letting the user work on more important staff that process information. The difference you said could be the libraries that the program use. correct me if I wrong,With .net there are more intergration between the different platforms so that the applications can communicate even if they are written in two different language. I think they called if managed code system or something like that.

Answer 3

Visual C++ is similar to Visual Basic in the sense that you can SEE what you are doing rather than programming in a dos environment. Visual Basic uses principles from BASIC to carry out the programming just as Visual C++ uses principles from C++.

Answer 4

Visual C++ is C++ with a bunch of custom libraries for programming the windows OS. You CAN use MS VC++ to code standard C++ apps.

Answer 5

I think Visual is more user friendly and easier to work with (much of code is already prewritten and accessable). Whereas C++ opens as a blank sheet and the user must manually type every letter, word, puntuation & command into the program.

Answer 6

C++ is a programming language. Microsoft Visual C++ is a compiler for C++. The same goes for the other programming languages which you mention.

Answer 7

As I know they are both equal

But Im not sure..