PPQ_Purple
Purple Cube
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Basically the compiler is the program that takes your code in C++ (or any other language) and translates it into machine instructions that are than packed into a DLL or EXE file. And as languages evolve, and they do, the compiler evolves with them. And each program is built around a specific version of its language compiler which was current at the time of the programs creation.
So you need the compiler that the original team used or else you won't be able to get the thing translated.