Microsoft improves Visual C++ compilation

Microsoft is developing an advanced code optimizer for its Visual C++ compiler back end to improve performance and code size.
Visual C++ is Microsoft's variant of the still-popular general-purpose systems programming language founded in 1979. Offered in an unsupported preview release this week, the code optimizer right now is mostly for testing purposes, said Microsoft's Gratian Lup, a software engineer in the company's compiler and language platform group.[ Thinking of striking out on your own