I am very new in c++ programming and in self-learning process. I involve in a research on image processing and installed Borland C++ Builder 6 with LMD tools, SDL and Borland c++ compiler 5.5, like the rest of the researchers in our cluster. The project is to develop GUI for that purpose.
Anyway, a friend introduced me OpenCV due to its usefulness in image processing, and visual c++ is required for that. I installed the free visual c++ express edition and learning from there.
Is the free visual c++ express edition sufficient enough to compile and run image processing codes as well as the OpenCV libraries, since the edition does not provide MFC library? (I tried the tutorial, it works fine so far)