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1. Sophisticated students with refined palates may find themselves using Apple Macintoshes, and wish to compile and run C++ programs on their machines. Because Microsoft's Visual Studio only runs in the Windows environment, however, it is impossible to use Visual C++ directly on a Macintosh.
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3. Visual Studio for Mac should also provide support for C++ development, using compilers available on the system (gcc, Clang, etc.) 3. Forum: How do I get c++ to work on Read more » Vote Up 0.

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C/C++ is NOT supported on Visual Studio for Mac.

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