[OT] Re: There's new GIT instructions on Github now

[Robert Clipsham]

On 21/05/2011 00:46, Daniel Gibson wrote:
> Am 21.05.2011 01:34, schrieb Andrej Mitrovic:
>> What's there to configuring visual studio? You just open a solution
>> file and hit compile. If there are any dependencies you usually
>> download the libs and put them in some subfolder.
>>
>
> I don't have much experience with visual studio, but I've read that
> using a project from one version in another (newer) version may not
> always be painless, e.g.
> http://twitter.com/#!/ID_AA_Carmack/status/45616436995039232

Each version contains a migration tool, which has worked reasonably well 
for me in the past.

> And how well do projects from a professional version work in the free
> (Visual Studio Express) version?

Last time I checked they don't.

>> At least that's my experience.
>>
>> Now compare that to having to follow that gigantic tutorial for
>> compiling GDC using msys.


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