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General => Off Topic => Topic started by: TFoN on December 13, 2007, 10:16

Title: Compiler help, please
Post by: TFoN on December 13, 2007, 10:16

I'm looking for a good, free C++ compiler to work with. Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Compiler help, please
Post by: DaEezT on December 13, 2007, 12:18

G++ (http://gcc.gnu.org)

Title: Re: Compiler help, please
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on December 13, 2007, 20:44

There's also Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition -- I use it for StarDreamer and it's quite good (except the lack of a debugger).

http://www.microsoft.com/express/

Duh, I never thought I'd be bringing up a microsoft link in a positive sense -_-

Title: Re: Compiler help, please
Post by: Malek Deneith on December 14, 2007, 04:23

Myself I was always fond of Dev-C++ (http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/)/wxDev-C++ (http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/) for some reason.

Title: Re: Compiler help, please
Post by: TFoN on January 12, 2008, 11:04

Thanks for the help. I've since been using Bloodshed Dev-C++, which has been very comfortable.

I'm now working on studying, and then altering, Stone Soup as a learning experience, however long that may take... Wish me luck :)

Title: Re: Compiler help, please
Post by: commodorejohn on January 12, 2008, 17:03

Dev-C++ is a very easy compiler to set up, that's what I like about it.

Title: Re: Compiler help, please
Post by: Carpetsmoker on January 12, 2008, 20:02

Dev-C++ is not a compiler, it's GCC with a GUI.

Title: Re: Compiler help, please
Post by: Kornel Kisielewicz on January 12, 2008, 20:29

Actually if we want to be pedantic -- Dev-C++ is a JUST a GUI for any GCC-based compiler (usualy MinGW)

Title: Re: Compiler help, please
Post by: Igor Savin on February 10, 2008, 12:15

Speaking of IDE, IMHO, nothing beats CodeBlocks (http://www.codeblocks.org/), but be sure to grab one of the nightly builds (RC is REALLY outdated).

Though I'm afraid it's too late to recommend anything new :).