Good C/C+ Compiler?

[pookguy88]

I want to start learning C/C+ cause I just finished a couple courses in Pascal and I think C would be a good language to learn after this. Is C a lot different than Pascal? I'm a beginner so a good starter compiler would be good. Free would be a definite plus so I could d/l it tonight or somethin.

 

[Halogen]

Dev C++

type it in EXACTLY like that in google

 

[gopunk]

msvc is not bad

 

[Aves]

I second Dev C++. You can get it here.

 

[Schlocemus]

g++/gcc

 

[Halogen]

the WORST is boreland

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

g++

Nik ()

 

[splice]

DJGPP

 

[singh]

IMO MSVC++ -- simply the best (for Windows).

 

[Aves]

I personally use MS Visual C++ as well but I figured he was probably looking for something free.

 

[Halogen]

MS Visual C++ cost like 600 bucks doesn't it?
it's one of those corperate kind of products isn't it?

 

[pookguy88]

how different is C from Pascal?

 

[Halogen]

quite a bit different

 

[pookguy88]

how come when i try and compile with Dev C++ and try and execute a simple printf statement an msdos box will appear and disappear in less than a second? i'm using XP, how do i get that ms-dos box to stay?
can i make it output to wincrt instead?

 

[Halogen]

that's the thing i get pissed out about to.... it closes so you don't know if your script completed or failed

btw what is the difference between printf and cout >>?

 

[lilstevo]

pook open the command prompt first then run the executeable file. i used G++, borland and VC++ and they all the same to me. g++ of course doesn't have the GUI.

printf and cout do the same things

 

[Nitemare]

I use Visual C++ as well. How does it compare to the other compilers?

Doesn't cost 600 either...I got the entire visual studio 6, for less than 100. It was second hand though, but still all the cd's and license agreement.

You should be able to get just the Visual C++ at a university for under a hundred bucks.

 

[EagleKeeper]

The other way to stop the DOS box from closing when running a C windows app is to put a read statement just before the exit. This will cause the program, when exiting normally, to wait for an input before termination.

The old Borland compilers (at least 3.0) had the ability to take a DOS program and tranparently to you, put a Windows wrapper around it. This allowed a Windows style output without the automatic close.

 

[Elledan]

Windows: Borland.

Linux/UNIX/*BSD: gcc/g++.

 

[miniMUNCH]

I've used codewarrior, VC++, and a few others [less often] in the past...in my limited experience, I haven't noticed too much difference between the actual compiler performance of various windows C/C++ compilers.

I mainly did/do scientific programming for engineering applications and whatnot [i.e. my programs are structurally simple and relatively small compared to a full windows app or driver] so I don't even use most of the tools provided by VC++ or borland. So I couldn't speak intelligently as to the tool set provided by each vendor.

Actually, since I started using Linux a couple months ago, Python has really been growing on me...although I haven't done enough work with it to make any kind of a definitive judgement as to whether I think it is a keeper or not, but it's a pretty cool language IMO.

I read a little about Ruby...that sounds interesting but I have had next to no time to look at it...it was explained to me as a cross between python, smalltalk, perl, and C++...drawing on many of the strengths of each language.

 

[pookguy88]

what is G++/GCC?

 

[Elledan]

<< what is G++/GCC? >>


http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc.html

 

[kwan]

in unix/linux g++

in windows, you can download a free c++ compiler at borland.

 

[imhotepmp]

another vote for dev C++ for both windows/linux


Imhotep MP

 

[Siren]

has anyone else had problems with dev-c++ and the apstring class (one of the classes from the AP collection)? i cannot compile anything correctly using the apstring class...and i don't know whether it is dev-c++ because i have no other compilers. this is aggrevating. please reply if you have any idea what i'm talking about and could offer some help