Microsoft is working on the next iteration of their compiler, Visual C++ 9.0, currently in Beta2.
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.20706.01 for 80x86 The current setup is: Visual Studio 2008 Beta2 Subversion 1.4.4 Perl 5.8.8 Parrot r20516 It builds right out of the box. Here's the test summary. All tests successful, 25 tests and 627 subtests skipped. Files=307, Tests=7233, 944 wallclock secs ( 0.00 cusr + 0.00 csys = 0.00 CPU) Ron