What version of Visual Studio is Python on my computer compiled with?
| Visual C++ version | _MSC_VER |
|---|---|
| Visual C++ 4.x | 1000 |
| Visual C++ 5 | 1100 |
| Visual C++ 6 | 1200 |
| Visual C++ .NET | 1300 |
| Visual C++ .NET 2003 | 1310 |
| Visual C++ 2005 (8.0) | 1400 |
| Visual C++ 2008 (9.0) | 1500 |
| Visual C++ 2010 (10.0) | 1600 |
| Visual C++ 2012 (11.0) | 1700 |
| Visual C++ 2013 (12.0) | 1800 |
| Visual C++ 2015 (14.0) | 1900 |
| Visual C++ 2017 (15.0) | 1910 |
| Visual C++ 2017 (15.3) | 1911 |
| Visual C++ 2017 (15.5) | 1912 |
| Visual C++ 2017 (15.6) | 1913 |
| Visual C++ 2017 (15.7) | 1914 |
| Visual C++ 2017 (15.8) | 1915 |
| Visual C++ 2017 (15.9) | 1916 |
| Visual C++ 2019 RTW (16.0) | 1920 |
| Visual C++ 2019 (16.1) | 1921 |
| Visual C++ 2019 (16.2) | 1922 |
| Visual C++ 2019 (16.3) | 1923 |
| Visual C++ 2019 (16.4) | 1924 |
| Visual C++ 2019 (16.5) | 1925 |
| Visual C++ 2019 (16.6) | 1926 |
| Visual C++ 2019 (16.7) | 1927 |
| Visual C++ 2019 (16.8) | 1928 |
Source: the documentation for the _MSC_VER predefined macro
MSC v.1500 appears to be Visual C++ 2008 according to this thread on the OpenCobol forums (of all places).
The MSDN page on Predefined Macros indicates 1500 to be the result of the _MSC_VER macro.
This other forum post mentions that
(For reference, Visual Studio 2003 has
_MSC_VER= 1310; Visual Studio 2005 has_MSC_VER= 1400; Visual Studio 2008 has_MSC_VER= 1500.)
The above MSDN link said that 1600 indicates VS2010.
Strangely, I wasn't able to find that info about the earlier _MSC_VER values on MSDN.