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Visual C++ 6.0 mainstream support will end on September 30, 2004

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I still see a lot of people running VC++ 6.0 [SP3|SP4|SP5]. As of today, the status is that mainstream support will end on September 30, 2004!

Check https://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];LifeAn11 for more information.

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  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2004
    Such news is only going to encourage my co-workers to want to move to Eclipse and GCC for now and Java in future... grrr.
  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2004
    You both have a point although...
    Visual C++ 6.0 was released in 1998, wasn’t it? This is a 6 year old compiler. If you really like the C++ language and its power, you have a couple of reasons to upgrade to VC++ 2003. Have a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/productinfo/topten/upgrade02.aspx
  • Anonymous
    August 22, 2004
    Don't forget SP6! http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/sp/vs6/sp6/default.aspx
  • Anonymous
    August 23, 2004
    Oops, thanks Mike (nice blog you have there!)