Kenny Kerr starts his new series about compiler basics by looking at how to use memory-mapped files to read the original source code.

To configure VS Code for Microsoft C++, follow the steps mentioned below. Download and install Microsoft Visual Studio Code Install C++ Extension Install and setup the MinGW Compiler Set the path ...

Microsoft has eased some licensing requirements for Visual Studio Build Tools (VSBT), which comprises a standalone MSVC compiler, libraries and scripts for C++.

Available now, PGI Visual Fortran (PVF) for Visual Studio 2010 integrates PGI parallel Fortran compilers and tools with Microsoft Visual Studio, enabling a development solution for users upgrading ...

Users of Reddit recently discovered that Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 has been quietly adding telemetry function calls to all code produced by the product's Visual C++ compiler. Microsoft has since ...

The compiler will handle all of the marshalling so the developer just sees normal function calls. Most Objective-C projects will start as XCode projects, so Visual Studio includes the ability to ...

As reported by Ars Technica, the company has switched Chrome's Windows compiler from Microsoft's Visual Studio C++ compiler to Clang, an open-source alternative.

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2019 version 16.6 Preview 2 of the integrated development environment (IDE) with a new IntelliSense linter to help C++ developers efficiently clean up code. It ...

Using Microsoft Roslyn and Visual Studio, dev shops with C# assets can compile apps to run in the browser with no extra coding A new compiler lets programmers use their C# skills to build ...