VC71 command-line tools really a free download?

I've seen references (such as on thefreecountry.com) to a free
download of the VC71 C/C++ command line compiler tools being available
from MS, but so far I haven't been able to figure out which
download(s) are necessary. Has anyone actually done this?

I don't care about optimizer omissions, just that it be as ANSI/ISO
compliant as the release version, and include the full Standard
Library. I'd like to be able to document on my web site how to get
this, but can't if I haven't successfully done it myself.

Thanks,
-leor

Leor Zolman
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Nick
Fri Feb 06 13:55:01 CST 2004

I think the downloading the Platform SDK should do the trick.

Nick

"Leor Zolman" <leor@bdsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've seen references (such as on thefreecountry.com) to a free
> download of the VC71 C/C++ command line compiler tools being available
> from MS, but so far I haven't been able to figure out which
> download(s) are necessary. Has anyone actually done this?
>
> I don't care about optimizer omissions, just that it be as ANSI/ISO
> compliant as the release version, and include the full Standard
> Library. I'd like to be able to document on my web site how to get
> this, but can't if I haven't successfully done it myself.
>
> Thanks,
> -leor
>
> Leor Zolman
> BD Software
> leor@bdsoft.com
> www.bdsoft.com -- On-Site Training in C/C++, Java, Perl & Unix
> C++ users: Download BD Software's free STL Error Message
> Decryptor at www.bdsoft.com/tools/stlfilt.html

Arnaud
Fri Feb 06 16:36:23 CST 2004

Leor Zolman wrote:
> I've seen references (such as on thefreecountry.com) to a free
> download of the VC71 C/C++ command line compiler tools being available
> from MS, but so far I haven't been able to figure out which
> download(s) are necessary. Has anyone actually done this?
>
> I don't care about optimizer omissions, just that it be as ANSI/ISO
> compliant as the release version, and include the full Standard
> Library. I'd like to be able to document on my web site how to get
> this, but can't if I haven't successfully done it myself.

It's in the platform SDK, but it comes without the SL.

Arnaud
MVP - VC