A
Ajinkya
Can anyone suggest me a good compiler for(c/cpp) for windows?
I tried dev cpp but its debugging facility is very poor.
I tried dev cpp but its debugging facility is very poor.
Ajinkya said:Can anyone suggest me a good compiler for(c/cpp) for windows?
I tried dev cpp but its debugging facility is very poor.
It depends very much on personal usage, so you should start by lookingAjinkya said:Can anyone suggest me a good compiler for(c/cpp) for windows?
I tried dev cpp but its debugging facility is very poor.
Can anyone suggest me a good compiler for(c/cpp) for windows?
I tried dev cpp but its debugging facility is very poor.
Apart from some trivial command-line stuff, I have yet to achieve a singleChris Hills said:It depends what you want to do.
The obvious choice is the free MS Visual C++ 2005 express which is on free
download and is the easiest place to start with windows development.
Apart from some trivial command-line stuff, I have yet to achieve a
single working real program with that thing.
Malcolm McLean said:Apart from some trivial command-line stuff, I have yet to achieve a
single working real program with that thing.
I seem to spend hours putting Chinese hats on identifers and taking them offRichard said:Why? Everyone else seems to manage it just fine. It's not too bad for
free.
But let's do give DJGPP its due. Way back when, Richard Stallman wassantosh said:Try MinGW, it comes with GDB. You may also try one of the "free" Visual C++
Express Editions. There is also PellesC, DJGPP, and lcc-win32. DJGPP is not
strictly for Windows however.
I seem to spend hours putting Chinese hats on identifers and taking
them off again, just to get it to compile a simple window.
Though I
have had moments of glory, such as when I coaxed it into putting
"Hello world" where I wanted in a window, it still insists on adding
stdafx.h to my portable ANSC C files,
complains about string
functions, and things like that. Whilst I can do little things, and it
is kind of fun to play with all the windows and form tools for your
"solution", I don't see how you can work like that for real.
Malcolm McLean said:Apart from some trivial command-line stuff, I have yet to achieve a
single working real program with that thing.
Why? Everyone else seems to manage it just fine. It's not too bad for
free.
Malcolm McLean said:
Why?
Every single bloomin' time you create a project, your first job is to
switch off pre-compiled headers. Do that, and stdafx.h should stay out
of your hair.
People do, you know - and it isn't as hard as you're trying to make out.
It depends what you want to do.
The obvious choice is the free MS Visual C++ 2005 express which is on
free download and is the easiest place to start with windows development.
Malcolm said:I seem to spend hours putting Chinese hats on identifers and taking them
off again, just to get it to compile a simple window. Though I have had
moments of glory, such as when I coaxed it into putting "Hello world"
where I wanted in a window, it still insists on adding stdafx.h to my
portable ANSC C files, complains about string functions, and things like
that.
Thats a question you'd have to ask Microsoft. I played with the
"Express" versions a while back (I think I still have the CDs) and
fairly quickly decided it would be more fruitful to build a linux box
and install gcc (or for that matter, more fruitful to wallop myself
over the head with a rubber truncheon ...)
Frodo Baggins said:Please don't flame me, but what's wrong with emacs/gcc/gdb as a
development environment? Sure, a bit of work with glue/polish may be
needed.
Frodo said:Please don't flame me, but what's wrong with emacs/gcc/gdb as a
development environment? Sure, a bit of work with glue/polish may be
needed.
Regards,
Frodo B
Ajinkya said:Can anyone suggest me a good compiler for(c/cpp) for windows?
I tried dev cpp but its debugging facility is very poor.
[QUOTE="Carramba said:It depends what you want to do.
The obvious choice is the free MS Visual C++ 2005 express which is
on free download and is the easiest place to start with windows
development.
why not try really free development tool like eclipse
and with CDT you have c/c++ for windows there is simple installer at
http://cdt-windows.sourceforge.net/
Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?
You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.