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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hello
All,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>I have
previously used VTK, primarily on IRIX systems. Now I'm starting to
use</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> VTK on a
Windows XP platform and I'm very uniformed about available C++
compilers.</FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR>There
seem to be a lot of alternatives with names like "Visual C++ 6.0", "Visual
Studio .NET 2003", etc...</DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><BR>My question is "What should I buy and where can I get it?"<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Thanks in advance,<BR>David Jones</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>