This seems like a very bad decision. You can't make a c++ compiler that compiles the same things as Microsoft's c++ compiler? Software "licenses" that prohibit

This seems like a very bad decision. You can't make a c++ compiler that compiles the same things as Microsoft's c++ compiler? Software "licenses" that prohibit anything that a lawyer dreams of shouldn't be legal. An independent implementation of a program, where you merely used the original program to see how it worked when you used it should not be considered reverse engineering. Decisions like this only help large corporate America to preserve their monopolies.