关于系统级程序编写的一些疑问！！！

在windows下，c/c++编写系统程序的优势在哪儿，有哪些？？？
我想学习系统低层编程，除了c c++外，还要学习什么，请指教。
另外，从开发系统程序的角度上看，vc66/7.1/8.0有什么区别

I assume that you mean writting drivers. There is few other system programming left outside MS.

1. c or C++
Please refer to
"Writing kernel-mode drivers in C++: should you or shouldn't you?"

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/tips/default.mspx


2. Books
"Inside Windows 2000" 3rd Edition
"Programming the Windows Driver Model" 2nd
"IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual Volume 1~3" from http://developer.intel.com/design/Pentium4/documentation.htm

I would suggest that you start from Toaster example in DDK src.