re visual c to clarify vc is considered an upgrade for c there will be no product called c although the command line compiler of vc lists its version as c is not a dos only product it is a c c compiler capable of producing executables for dos or windows as is vc pro ed the significant difference is that vc comes with many windows hosted tools ide etc which assist developers in creating windows executables much more quickly basically by automating the thousands of lines of boilerplate code initial impressions have been very favorable everyone who is a registered user of c should have received a considerable amount of info regarding the specifics of c if you haven t call microsoft and i m sure they d be happy to send you some jefrem iwaniw pelican software corporation
