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From: Brian Baird <brian@dma-design.com>
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Subject: Re: Visual Studio/C++
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:58:07 +0100
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Nick Ferguson wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been learning C++ in my spare time recently, and I am looking for
> a freebie version of Microsoft Visual C++ such as might have graced
> the cover of a magazine of similar. I could probably get the full
> version of Visual C++ 6 for about 70 quid as a student, but an upgrade
> from 4 or 5 might be cheaper... I'd also like it for fooling with the
> MathEngine SDK, which I got proper documentation for and looks quite
> simple to use. Yay! I plan on looking into Visual Basic and J++ too,
> so I might be better off getting the Visual Studio package. Hmm... any
> ideas on how to do this cheaply and legally?

If you can afford teh student package, go for it - it's *great* value.
It's the cheapest way of getting the full Studio as far as I know. 

-- 

Brian @ DMA

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