Visual C++ is a greatly enhanced and re-branded version of Microsoft C/C++. The Visual C++ line is primarily aimed at Windows development on 386 CPUs. 5.0 and later were bundled as a part of Microsoft Visual Studio.
There was no version "3.0".
Added Developer Studio IDE.
Natively 4.0 does not support 16-bit development, but it bundles a copy of Visual C++ 1.52 for Windows 3.1.