VC++ 2012 Desktop Express (free)

By Blog Staff | Sep 12, 2012 11:42 AM | Tags: None

Today Microsoft released another free Express version of Visual C++ 2012. In addition to the free Express Visual C++ compiler for building tablet applications, Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop directly supports traditional Windows and command-line applications in C++.

This a great free C++ compiler on Windows for everything from hobby development to using and contributing to open source projects. Besides additional C++11 standards conformance with range-for, override and final on the language side (with more to come in the coming months; watch this space) and a complete C++11 standard library implementation, the free compiler also includes unit testing framework for C++, code analysis for C++ (try /analyze today if you haven't already, as John Carmack says so well), C++ AMP for GPGPU programming, and much more.

See also the longer announcement here.

just::thread 1.8.0 released

By Blog Staff | Aug 30, 2012 10:32 AM | Tags: None

Version 1.8.0 of just::thread was released today. just::thread is Just Software Solutions' C++11 Thread Library.

What's new:

• The big news with this release is the new support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, so you can continue to take advantage of just::thread when upgrading your compiler.
• A fix for using just::thread in a DLL on Windows XP.
• Minor fixes and improvements to the generated code across all platforms.

Boost 1.51.0 released

By Blog Staff | Aug 20, 2012 05:27 PM | Tags: None

Release 1.51.0 of the Boost C++ Libraries is now available.

These open-source libraries work well with the C++ Standard Library, and are usable across a broad spectrum of applications. The Boost license encourages both commercial and non-commercial use.

This release contains 1 new library (Boost.Context, by Oliver Kowalke) and numerous enhancements and bug fixes for existing libraries.

• Details, including download links.
• You can also download directly from SourceForge.
• To install this release on your system, see getting started.

Thanks,

--The Boost release team

    Beman Dawes
    Daniel James
    Eric Niebler
    Marshall Clow
    Rene Rivera
    Vladimir Prus