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Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 346/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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Are there any good free C++ compilers out there? I know there are free compilers, I just don't know which one to download. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Edit: Oops. Meant to put this in Programming, not AcmlmBoard programming. (edited by Apophis on 02-20-05 03:04 PM) |
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dan Snap Dragon Level: 43 Posts: 437/782 EXP: 534516 For next: 30530 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 20 hours Last activity: 14 hours |
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Mingw is pretty good. There's also the Visual C++ Toolkit 2003, of which I know nothing about, apart from the fact it's free. | |||
neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 2335/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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you can also use GCC. GCC is available for windows via cygwin (although I think it uses Mingw though...) | |||
Sokarhacd Ball and Chain Trooper Resistance is Futile You Will Be Assimilated Hab SoSlI' Quch Level: 61 Posts: 1067/1757 EXP: 1799888 For next: 76708 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 4 hours |
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Dev-Cpp is also a good one, uses the gcc compiler and has a nice IDE, I would go with that, or Mingw | |||
Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 348/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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thanks for all the help. this thread can be closed now. | |||
Parasyte Bullet Bill Level: 35 Posts: 310/514 EXP: 267348 For next: 12588 Since: 05-25-04 Since last post: 104 days Last activity: 32 days |
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Some clarifications: GCC is the compiler. MinGW and Cygwin are 'UNIX abstraction layers' for Windows, which allow you to compile Windows programs with GCC. Dev-C++ is an IDE. If you download Dev-C++, you'll get the IDE and a MinGW package with GCC. Of course, you can also download each package seperately. I downloaded MinGW and GCC 3.4, opting not to use the IDE at all. MinGW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw (includes GCC) Dev-C++: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp (includes MinGW and GCC) |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 2338/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by ParasyteIs that so? If MinGW is an abstraction layer, why does Cygwin use it since it is one too? Then again, I only need MinGW when I need gcc... can you clarify? |
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Parasyte Bullet Bill Level: 35 Posts: 311/514 EXP: 267348 For next: 12588 Since: 05-25-04 Since last post: 104 days Last activity: 32 days |
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MinGW and Cygwin are seperate projects. Cygwin is more of a complete UNIX environment, similar to MinGW+MSYS. (MSYS is another package available on the MinGW sourceforge site.) Cygwin: http://www.cygwin.com/ |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 2357/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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I've always used cygwin to do my UNIX needs on windows. I"ve always heard about MinGW in terms of C compilers and nothing more. Now, I'm enlightened, thanks | |||
HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 3376/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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What I've been using is just MinGW and Textpad. Open up a DOS window to wherever you keep the source codes, and compile and run with a generic makefile; I use this as a base (only works on XP):@echo off |
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Parasyte Bullet Bill Level: 35 Posts: 315/514 EXP: 267348 For next: 12588 Since: 05-25-04 Since last post: 104 days Last activity: 32 days |
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You can pass the -x switch to gcc to get it to compile c++. I can't remember if it's -x cpp or -x c++ . But one of those will do the trick. Rather than using g++, though that's what gcc will call with the -x switch set to compile C++ code. (blah)(edited by Parasyte on 02-22-05 01:49 AM) |
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neotransotaku Baby Mario 戻れたら、 誰も気が付く Level: 87 Posts: 2372/4016 EXP: 6220548 For next: 172226 Since: 03-15-04 From: Outside of Time/Space Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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g++ is just an alias for gcc with that flag...after all, it doesn't make sense to have a seperate compiler that practically compiles the same exact code--since all C++ code can be rewritten in terms of C |
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