> FWIW, Bjarne Stroustrop only estimates there are 1.5 million C++ programmers worldwide. I've never seen estimates of how many of them use VC++.

That's pretty interesting. Of course if MS didn't sell any copies of C++ they'd still be able to justify investing in it since pretty much all of their products are developed in it.

Robert, can you comment on how many copies of VS have shipped?