Building on Win 2008

[Phil Race]

Erik Trimble wrote:
> I know there's been a lot of exploration on this topic, as yes, being 
> able to use just the free MS SDK and the free Visual Studio versions 
> would make it very nice.  Unfortunately, the free version of VS is 
> actually _very_ different than the Professional version, and not just 
> the compiler itself (which, has a whole 'nother set of bugs unique to 
> it...).

I don't recall any such data on bugs. It is supposed to be the same compiler,
with the same optimiser. Should be bug for bug compatible to the
extent the functionalities overlap.

If you have data to the contrary could you share it?

-phil.