   Difference between MS VC++6 and .net
  Is there a difference between MS VC++ 6.0 and MS VC++.net?  I found the professional version of 6.0 for 400 bills and the C++.net for a lot less?  Anyone know where to find an academic version of MS VC++ 6.0 if there is a difference between the two?thanks, 
  .net is more standard-compliant..net uses more resources (harddisk space, etc, it took me at least one hour to install vs.net academic).in my opinion, .net is better.Are you sure it is Visual C++ 6 Professional that costs $400? Not Visual Studio 6 Professional? ;  I definitely like VC.NET as an IDE much better than VC 6.  it comes out of the box acting very much like VC6 with Visual Assist.  The build in dynamic help is also very useful.  we''ve found at our company that .NET takes way longer to build and link than VC6, but i suspect that much of that has to do with running projects that were originally created under VC6 and later converted to .NET.  The longer building time could also be a product of a better optimising compiler... I also like that .NET comes with the STL build in (i''m not entirely sure that 6 does).all in all, i like .NET better-me ;  not 100% sure, I will have to find the link and check it out but I am having trouble finding c++ 6.0 period.  Maybe I am not looking in the right places. ;  i have visual studio 6 and all of visual studio .net (all software packages free from school). anyway, i never use .net. i like VS6 better. i dunno why, it just seems less cluttered, plus it has intellisense. but im a newbie so dont take my opinion.   [edited by - graveyard filla on February 9, 2004 4:53:45 PM]