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Hi, does anyone know of a good C++ compiler? If yes, please give me the URL.

i assume as you are looking for URL's you are not planning on purchasing a compiler

probably the best compiler is Micro$oft Visual Studio but this is hugely expensive

for free options why not try out dev C++ or borlands c++ builder both of which can be found by a quick search on google.

It is also worth while trying a search on www.sourceforge.net as there a probably new compilers coming out which are still in development and i often find that open source tools are as good if not better than commercial products.

Actually, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET Standard is only $109 USD, and is available at many typical office and electronics supply stores. (I will probably be purchasing this myself sometime this week...)

In the Freeware realm, there is:

MinGW Compiler, which is used by DevC++
Borland BCC Compiler
Cygwin
.. and more.

if you're still in full-tim education or at university, you can get the whole visual studio suite under a student license for £90 - I don't know what the USD equivalent is but knowing you cheecky american monkeys, it's prolly cheaper

no it's not.. 90 pounds is more expensive than 109 usd (im pretty sure ) and who you talkin funny money? You have more coins than we have...

edited

While y'know YAY WAREZ, It may be an idea to remove that post so Mit doesn't get sodomised by a nightstick.

Arklari, note that Visual C++.NET is one single product. Visual Studio is about 6.

Whirl wrote:Actually, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET Standard is only $109 USD, and is available at many typical office and electronics supply stores. (I will probably be purchasing this myself sometime this week...)

Yea: I'm getting it for Christmas, and it cost about £80 from Amazon.co.uk, I think.

Student version is £40 or something, but there's a complicated registering system to prove you're a student, etc, etc... and so it might not be worth the trouble.

Actually all it involves is saying which school you go to and the name of the headmaster - they may contact the school to make sure, I'm not too sure on that though.

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
std::cout << "why can't you use Dev c++ like us normal folk?!\n";

system("PAUSE");

return 0;

}

It seriously says something when you find speaking in basic code pleasurable
anyone wanna make an addition? an auto arklari flogger is welcome.

The best compiler very much depends on why you need one, I suggest anyone learning c++ to stick with Dev c++, it's friendly, it doesn't require scary added steps, and it's a nice enviroment, if you're experienced, go with visual.net, but I wouldn't dare touch it for learning.

Dev c++, free, full compiler, no fuss, no monkeys.

only rats

Personally I'm using the old VS6.0, no need for all this .NET shite

As for learning, MSDN is a very good resource for reference, if a little hard to find stuff..

Even I have Dev C++, even though I don't use it cos I program java It may be terribly outdated but I do have 4.9.8.0!

For the duration I was *trying* to learn C++ using Dev C++, I liked it. As Nigel says, it is quite a nice learning environment. and it IS free.

In fact, it looks like the C++ parallel to JCreator, which is quite a nice Java IDE.

Microsoft has a free compiler, it is a beta version, but ever had a non beta version, mentioning the blue screens e.g.

Visual C++ 2005 Express Beta
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/v ... fault.aspx

for those of you who are interested in arcade programming ive never managed toget any of the game stuff to compile under vc++ 2005

Visual c++ is a death trap - use dev c++

On Windows, I started out with Dev-C++ until a friend hooked me up with Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 Professional. On Linux I use the built-in "gcc" GNU compiler.

Yah try borland cpp builder. It´s like delphi, ever tried that? where i first learnt to program. excluding html on notepad, heh.

Anyone got a good C compiler ?