title: Debug and Release configurations
body: <p>As we all know, in Visual Studio there are two predefined configurations - Debug and Release. I have been using them since I started programming and soon learnt their differences. However recently I had to create my own configurations and now I have a question: Are those two configurations defined/determined solely by their parameters/options from "project options" page? Or does the microsoft compiler treat them in a special way? </p>
  
  <p>My question is this - if I create a new configuration and copy all settings from Debug or Release, will my new configuration be equivalent to the predefined Debug/Release or not entirely?</p>
  
  <p>Hope my question is clear.</p>