Inside Visual Studio 2008
mlimber writes "Dr Dobb's Journal has a peek at what is new in Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008. Most of the features discussed in the article are related to .NET, web development, and the IDE itself. However, Herb Sutter, Microsoft software architect and chair of the ISO C++ Standards committee, blogged about some developments on the C++ front. This includes a significantly enhanced MFC for GUI building, and the inclusion of TR1 (library extensions published by the C++ standards committee, most of which have also been incorporated into the next C++ standard)."
Better question is: Do people still code in c?
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
The same reason console manufacturers charge for dev kits: it costs money to make, so they need to recoup that money, and since they can make a profit at it, why not?
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'.