[cfe-dev] RFC: A proposal to move toward using C++11 features in LLVM & Clang / bounding support for old host compilers

[Óscar Fuentes]

Dix Lorenz <lists at dix-lorenz.de> writes:

> I might be mistaken, but to compile for WinXP on VS 2012 you have to
> switch the Platform Toolset and AFAICT that means it will essentially
> be using the VS 2010 compiler and libraries.

That was how VS 2012 worked at release time. On Update 1 they added
support for building Windows XP applications with the VS 2012 compiler.

VS 2013 C++ compiler can build XP applications too.

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