In both passive and active voice, the meaning of the sentence is same. 

So what is the purpose of passive and active as by two different names?


Question: I can get visual studio for free through school, should I?
Answer: If by "dev++" you mean this monstrosity, then drop it as fast as you can.

There have been no updates to Dev-C++ in over six years, it's buggy, comes with a really ancient version of gcc and is not worth the cost of the download.

Visual C++, on the other hand, is a world-class compiler and one of the best the IDEs available. That you can get it for free is great (even the Express Editions are light years ahead of Dev-C++) and I wouldn't hesitate.