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To my knowledge VS caches the MSBuild projects (.targets etc) while it's running. So it's possible that, even if VS and MSBuild have the same degree of parallel

To my knowledge VS caches the MSBuild projects (.targets etc) while it's running. So it's possible that, even if VS and MSBuild have the same degree of parallelism, not having to parse the MSBuild XML gives VS an edge.

Locke1689 13y ago
This is highly unlikely, even if true (which I don't think it is).
- taspeotis 13y ago
  What is unlikely? It appears VS caches the MSBuild projects [1]. [1] http://stackoverflow.com/a/6217800/242520 http://stackoverflow.com/a/6217800/242520