Microsoft is updating its C++ compiler for its Visual Studio 12 IDE (integrated development environment) so that Windows application developers can use parts of the latest version of the programming ...

The Palo Alto giant's browser will be ditching Microsoft's native C++ compiler in favour of Clang in order to maintain parity with other platforms like macOS and Linux, where Clang is already used.

Microsoft has opened its C++ AMP specification so it can also be used by non-Microsoft compilers to harness the power of GPUs (graphics processing units). “What we see is more and more people are ...

In version 17.14 of Visual Studio 2022, the MSVC compiler generates code twenty percent faster than in version 17, according to Microsoft. Furthermore, the compiler simplifies the data flow so that ...

Google has decided to bring the Windows version of its popular Chrome browser in line with its Linux and macOS counterparts. As reported by Ars Technica, the company has switched Chrome's Windows ...