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Hi. I'm just starting to learn c and I hope to learn c++ when I'm better at c. I'm only doing it for fun and I was wondering what is a good compiler that I can download for free? It doesn't have to be extremely advanced or anything. Just something to get me started. If anyone's got any suggestions I'd really appreciate it.
You could check GCC at http://gcc.gnu.org/
From my experience its bit complicated to use because its for many languages but it should do its job when you figure it out.
Try www.google.com for others.
From my experience its bit complicated to use because its for many languages but it should do its job when you figure it out.
Try www.google.com for others.
You could use the MS Visual C++ Express beta. Very easy to use interface. msdn.microsoft.com
An IDE is the coding environment (like a texteditor), and a compiler is the actual code-compiling thingee.
Use the compiler that comes with Dev c++. The IDE itself is great and its free. That alone makes it a good choice for someone just starting out in c/c++. I've used it for awhile and I've also used msvs6.0 and I still find myself opening up dev c++ when I wanna code........
Hi,
I wouldnt suggest using some of the UNIX-compatible GNU tools for beginning with C in Windows, because there is enough UNIX/POSIX stuff to confuse a new programmer.
Microsoft gives their Visual C++ 2003 compiler suite FOR FREE! FREE! Just look at microsoft.com. IMHO the MS compiler is one of the best ones.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=272BE09D-40BB-49FD-9CB0-4BFA122FA91B&displaylang=en
MinGW/Cygwin/GCC are the UNIX-flavoured compilers, you can use them to compile UNIX-compatible stuff, but for windows programming, they add some unneeded complexity. That said, they are quality compilers.
Thermo/Konfu
Tasty link: http://www.vertigosoftware.com/quake2
Thats Quake II for .NET
I wouldnt suggest using some of the UNIX-compatible GNU tools for beginning with C in Windows, because there is enough UNIX/POSIX stuff to confuse a new programmer.
Microsoft gives their Visual C++ 2003 compiler suite FOR FREE! FREE! Just look at microsoft.com. IMHO the MS compiler is one of the best ones.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=272BE09D-40BB-49FD-9CB0-4BFA122FA91B&displaylang=en
MinGW/Cygwin/GCC are the UNIX-flavoured compilers, you can use them to compile UNIX-compatible stuff, but for windows programming, they add some unneeded complexity. That said, they are quality compilers.
Thermo/Konfu
Tasty link: http://www.vertigosoftware.com/quake2
Thats Quake II for .NET
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