Good Bye Visual C++!
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I have had it with micro$oft! I have tried 2003 toolkit with all SDKs platform .net etc... And there was VC 2005 express both betas,
- 1 was good But need .net 2.0 beta 1.
- But Beta 2 was BAD! Ended win32 native for good on express!
So... I want to go GCC for Windows? How could i start. I have dev-cpp 4.9.9.2.
It is, of course, your choice to make - but in my personal opinion it's more than a little bit foolish to judge a product based on a beta version, especially a beta version of a budget product (VC++ Express). Just keep in mind that there's a reason why tens of thousands of professional programmers swear by Visual Studio.
DevC++ already uses the MinGW compiler, which essentially is GCC for Windows, albeit slightly reduced to eliminate some *nix/POSIX stuff that you obviously don't need on Win32. If you're looking for ways to get started using DevC++, there's always this; otherwise you may need to be more specific about what exactly you're looking to accomplish.
DevC++ already uses the MinGW compiler, which essentially is GCC for Windows, albeit slightly reduced to eliminate some *nix/POSIX stuff that you obviously don't need on Win32. If you're looking for ways to get started using DevC++, there's always this; otherwise you may need to be more specific about what exactly you're looking to accomplish.
I'm using beta 2, minor bugs but nothing i can't deal with. What exactly happened to put you off vs?
Quote:Original post by vgmtech
Yes, But is VS "free"... ah No.
Beta is free but it is "crippleware"!
I use the VC++ 2005 Proffesional Beta 2 (not the downloadable Express version), a few minor crashes, but generally no problems. It is no "crippleware".
Crippleware ? In which way ?
The stuff that was apparently cut away is the platform sdk (which you can download for free from microsoft), the resource editor for unmanaged applications and some enterprise-level stuff (like database connectivity).
I've successfully compiled audiere, boost, cal3d, corona, cppunit, dumb, flac, freetype, libjpeg, libogg, libpng, libsigc++, libungif, libvorbis, loki, lua, luabind, ode, opcode, python, sdl, spirit, sqlite, tinyxml, unit++, xvidcore and zlib and my own project with VC++ Express Beta2. I didn't miss anything, and while there certainly are some issues, it looks quite solid to me.
-Markus-
The stuff that was apparently cut away is the platform sdk (which you can download for free from microsoft), the resource editor for unmanaged applications and some enterprise-level stuff (like database connectivity).
I've successfully compiled audiere, boost, cal3d, corona, cppunit, dumb, flac, freetype, libjpeg, libogg, libpng, libsigc++, libungif, libvorbis, loki, lua, luabind, ode, opcode, python, sdl, spirit, sqlite, tinyxml, unit++, xvidcore and zlib and my own project with VC++ Express Beta2. I didn't miss anything, and while there certainly are some issues, it looks quite solid to me.
-Markus-
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