#Key points
- The most popular compilers are now Visual Studio 8.0 and gcc 4.2.0.
- The new compilers are closer to being compliant with the C++ standard.
- Boost is a high-quality free library of C++ code.
- QuantLib is the largest library of open source C++ code for quantitative finance.
- Most work in quantitative finance is done via interfacing with EXCEL.
- xlw provides an easy way to interface with EXCEL.