diff --git a/examples/tables.cpp b/examples/tables.cpp
index be2dfde9..98db99cc 100644
--- a/examples/tables.cpp
+++ b/examples/tables.cpp
@@ -18,19 +18,40 @@ int main() {
                 "}");
 
 
+    auto t2 = lua.get<sol::table>("table2");
+    auto nestedTable = t2.get<sol::table>("nestedTable");
+
+    /* Shorter Syntax: */
+    // using the values stored in table1
+    /*std::cout << (std::string)lua["table1"][1] << " "
+        << (std::string)lua["table1"][2] << '\n';
+	   */
+    // some retrieval of values from the nested table
+    // the cleaner way of doing things
+    // chain off the the get<>() / [] results
+    std::string x = lua["table2"]["nestedTable"]["key2"];
+    std::cout << "nested table: key1 : " << nestedTable.get<std::string>("key1") << ", key2: "
+        << x
+        << '\n';
+    std::cout << "name of t2: " << t2.get<std::string>("name") << '\n';
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+    // VC++ has a bug in its implementation and 
+    // I've filed a bug against the compiler at Microsoft, 
+    // but the following
+    // works on g++ and clang++
+    std::cout << "name of t2: " << (std::string)t2["name"] << '\n';
+#endif // VC++ being a dumb
+
+    /* Longer Syntax: */
     // using the values stored in table1
     std::cout << lua.get<sol::table>("table1").get<std::string>(1) << " "
               << lua.get<sol::table>("table1").get<std::string>(2) << '\n';
 
-    auto t2 = lua.get<sol::table>("table2");
-    auto nestedTable = t2.get<sol::table>("nestedTable");
-
     // some retrieval of values from the nested table
     // the cleaner way of doing things
     std::cout << "nested table: key1 : " << nestedTable.get<std::string>("key1") << ", key2: "
     // yes you can chain the get<>() results
               << lua.get<sol::table>("table2").get<sol::table>("nestedTable").get<std::string>("key2")
               << '\n';
-
     std::cout << "name of t2: " << t2.get<std::string>("name") << '\n';
 }