Microsoft Visual - C 2019 2021

During this period, Microsoft began heavily teasing and testing a 64-bit version of the Visual Studio IDE (devenv.exe). While Visual Studio 2019 remained primarily a 32-bit process, the 2021 previews of Visual Studio 2022 (the successor) marked the final transition to a 64-bit architecture, allowing the IDE to handle massive C++ codebases without memory constraints.

: Highlights how Visual Studio 2022 achieved up to 2X-6X faster indexing compared to VS 2019 for projects like Gears of War .

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