[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#9433) Patch: MSVC compile fixes

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=9433 >

res wrote:
> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=9433 >
> 
> On 20.07.2004 15:56, Per Inge Mathisen wrote:
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>>>Especially when there are lots of working alternatives for the platform.
>>>GCC 3.4 which is free, Intel C++ v8.0 which is the best performing compiler.
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>>I'm inclined to agree. It is possible to plug the Intel compiler into
>>Visual Studio? If so, we should put this tip in a doc somewhere.
> 
> 
> AFAIK yes, but note that Intel C++ for Win32 isn't free. So MSVC users 
> don't automatically have it, too.
> 
> Btw, it's interesting to say "VC is broken" when it doesn't support C99 
> when it's clearly stated that VC does not support C99.

It's "broken" because it's not a C compiler, and Freeciv is written in C.

jason