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That depends on what you mean by reliable. If you mean does it conform to the C++ standard then no, it is not reliable. Look up the 'Microsoft specific' headings under each topic in the help file. In most cases these are enhancements to the standard, but there are a few diversions from the standard you need to watch out for, particularly if you intend to port your code to another C++ implementation.

If you mean can it be used to write reliable programs then yes, it can. However, reliability in this sense is mostly your own responsibility as programmer. The code provided by Microsoft is, for the most-part, reliable. Microsoft use the same code in-house so if a problem can be replicated then a hotfix or workaround is usually not far behind.

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