Ms Visual C++ 2015 !new! File

VC++ 2015 cannot link to libraries from VC++ 2013 or earlier due to different std::string layout, exception handling tables, and iterator debugging schemes.

Visual C++ 2015 was the native engine behind this. It introduced the concept of a "Universal CRT" (C Runtime). Previously, every version of Visual Studio shipped its own runtime libraries (MSVCR100.dll, MSVCR120.dll, etc.), leading to "DLL Hell." With VC++ 2015, Microsoft decoupled the runtime from the compiler, making it a shared Windows component. This meant smaller app sizes and fewer system conflicts. ms visual c++ 2015

The compiler could be invoked from the command line via cl.exe version 19.00 (internal versioning: 14.0 = VS 2015 toolset, but cl.exe reports 19.00). VC++ 2015 cannot link to libraries from VC++

VC++ 2015 achieved near-full conformance with C++11 and C++14 standards, introducing: exception handling tables