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 The Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack extends the VC++ Libraries shipped with Visual Studio 2008. 
 
The VC++ 2008 MFC libraries have been extended to support creation of applications that have:  
- Office Ribbon style interface
  
- Office 2007, Office 2003 and Office XP look and feel
  
- Modern Visual Studio-style docking toolbars and panes
  
- Fully customizable toolbars and menus
  
- A rich set of advanced GUI controls
  
- Advanced MDI tabs and groups
  
- And much more!
  
  
This feature pack also includes an implementation of TR1.  Portions of TR1 are scheduled for adoption in the upcoming C++0x standard as the first major addition to the ISO 2003 standard C++ library. Our implementation includes a number of important features such as: 
- Smart pointers
  
- Regular expression parsing
  
- New containers (tuple, array, unordered set, etc)
  
- Sophisticated random number generators
  
- Polymorphic function wrappers
  
- Type traits
  
- And more!
   
  
Note: This feature pack does not include C99 compatibility or support for special math functions. 
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