Praetorian said:
Hi,
I'm trying to learn C++ at home and need a free compiler for this.
Sourceforge has a few but I wasn't sure which one is good. Could
someone please suggest one to me?
Thanks,
Ashish
If it's for Windows, and you have a broadband connection, you might
consider downloading the free Visual C++ Express from Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/
It includes a complete IDE and a decent C++ compiler. You don't have to
use the IDE if you don't want.
If you would rather use GCC-based tools, you can choose either MINGW or
cygwin. If your focus is on being able to build software that originates
on Linux, I recommend cygwin (
www.cygwin.com). Be sure to select the g++
compiler during setup (cygwin includes almost an entire set of Linux
user tools ported to Windows).
If you choose MINGW, good luck figuring out what do download from the
mingw site. It is a mess.
Gregg