Just to make sure I'm not missing out on something. I'm not an MS fan, but like you, XP works.
I haven't tried with anything new, like .net, but if you want a laugh, try linting a simple Visual C version 6 program with lib checking enabled. I made that mistake. The first line of my C file was over 17K lines into the output listing. I wonder if MS has discovered lint yet.
My most recent direct quote is from PJ Plauger at last weeks WG14 meeting, he does not speak alone.
There are a lot of good commercial tools out there. A lot of innovate products have commercial roots, software products that were developed to attract customers who see them worthwhile enough to pay money for them. That is a high bar.
I know better than most that there are alternatives.
15 years after most C compilers could out optimize most hand written assembler based applications there is still the myth that you need assembler.
I agree, Lint first compile only when the source passes lint. It doesn't take appreciably longer (if at all) to lint then it does to compile in my experience so you don't save a lot of time by avoiding the step. Actually I expect you save time when you consider the avoided problems.
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