March 2012 | C++ Team Blog

Auto-Vectorization on Channel9

Visual CPP TeamMarch 27, 2012Mar 27, 201203/27/12

Jim Radigan and I recorded a session for Channel9 last week, as part of the “Going Native” series. We describe the “auto-vectorizer” – a neat feature in the VS11 compiler backend that analyses loops, in regular, unmodified C++ code, and generates corresponding vector (SIMD) instructions: tight loops using fl

Using the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8 Consumer Preview with Visual Studio 2010

Visual CPP TeamMarch 25, 2012Mar 25, 201203/25/12

Now that the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8 Consumer Preview has been released, I would like to show you how you can use the Windows 8 SDK with Visual Studio 10. - In “Executable Directories” replace $(WindowsSdkDir)bin with $(Program

VC11 ISO C++ Concurrency Tour in March Issue of MSDN Mag

Diego Dagum - MSFTMarch 16, 2012Mar 16, 201203/16/12

Greetings!! I am Diego Dagum, Community Program Manager with the Visual C++ team. I recently got an article published in the current issue of MSDN Magazine about the ISO C++11 concurrency features implemented in Visual C++ 11. It’s a 101-level journey through standardized features like: [Read “New Standard C

Setting WINVER for MFC Applications

Visual CPP TeamMarch 13, 2012Mar 13, 201203/13/12

Hello, I’m Pat Brenner, a developer on the Visual C++ Libraries team, and I am the primary developer working on MFC. I’ve realized over the course of the past several years that a number of developers (especially those using ATL and/or MFC) can be confused about the proper usage and setting of the WINVER #define (and/or the correspondin

What’s New in Code Analysis for Visual Studio 11

Visual CPP TeamMarch 9, 2012Mar 9, 201203/9/12

The Code Analysis team has just posted an article on the latest improvements in Visual Studio 11. If you are a C++ developer (we guess you are as you are reading this blog), it’s worth taking a look. [Read the article here]

What’s up with MFC in Visual Studio 2011 Beta

Visual CPP TeamMarch 5, 2012Mar 5, 201203/5/12

Hello, I’m Pat Brenner, a developer on the Visual C++ Libraries team. Through this blog post I wanted to share some information about the Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) Library, since I am the primary developer working on MFC. As you know, MFC is an important technology component which has been extensively used over the years by C++ dev

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