C++ has been "adopted" by an awful lot of folks/companies. I should not think MS is the best place to go for help with it.
I keyed in C++ forums at Google and got all these - surely somewhere in here is something that will help you: [url http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=A2o&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=c%2B%2B+forums&spell=1][/url]