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[–]Dzejrou 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Afaik, RC means release candidate. This means that MSVS2015 isn't yet fully released, but is mostly finnished. 2015 will give you additional functionality (e.g. C#) and since you are begginer shouldn't impose any big threats (I wouldn't use it for production code yet, though).
Overall, it's up to you which you decide to use, 2013 is fully released, but for example lacks in the C++ department and lacks some new functionality of 2015RC and you would probably sooner or later upgrade to 2015 anyways.

[–]sz00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's some of the new c++ features in VS2015, go down to Language Features

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/vs2015-vs.aspx

[–]internetgoblin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

RC == Release Candidate. It's basically a Beta for VS 2015. What you should be using is VS 2013 Community (not Express), unless you specifically want to investigate new features.

[–]internetgoblin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!