micro soft compiler version
Defines the compiler version. Defined as 1200 for Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0. Always defined.
The _MSC_VER macro will have one of the following values depending upon the particular Microsoft compiler:
Compiler _MSC_VER value
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C Compiler version 6.0 600
C/C++ compiler version 7.0 700
Visual C++, Windows, version 1.0 800
Visual C++, 32-bit, version 1.0 800
Visual C++, Windows, version 2.0 900
Visual C++, 32-bit, version 2.x 900
Visual C++, 32-bit, version 4.0 1000
Visual C++, 32-bit, version 5.0 1100
Visual C++, 32-bit, version 6.0 1200