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what compiler do you use?

Author:  Blade [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 12:15 am ]
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i use dev-cpp... and its a piecee of crap, i need a new one, so can anyone reccomend one? ya'll are prolly wondering why i say this. well i was doing some windows api programming and it kept compiling it wrong. i would add in my window in the program and it would compile it wrong so i when i ran it only the window was there with thee dos prompt open behind it. it compiled properly on my friends comp (with a different compilier - cant remember what it was)

Author:  Tony [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 1:12 am ]
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I like VC++ 8)

Author:  Blade [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 1:25 am ]
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Blade wrote:
i use dev-cpp... and its a piecee of crap, i need a new one, so can anyone reccomend one? ya'll are prolly wondering why i say this. well i was doing some windows api programming and it kept compiling it wrong. i would add in my menu in the program and it would compile it wrong so i when i ran it only the window was there with thee dos prompt open behind it. it compiled properly on my friends comp (with a different compilier - cant remember what it was)

Author:  Catalyst [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 2:07 am ]
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i like dev c++
the console thing can be changed in the project options menu

Author:  krishon [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 9:04 am ]
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whoa..crazy avatar catalyst

Author:  AsianSensation [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:47 pm ]
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i use VC++, because I um...."bought it" Razz

Author:  Dan [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:36 pm ]
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i have used a hole buch of difrent ones. out of all of them i liked vc++ the best, lots of options and few wired linker errors.

dev-c++ was not bad but i also had a lot of problems when compiling. one of the good things about dev c++ is that i think it has a dos griafickes libiray included with it.

the worest one i have ever used whould be a complty dos only one my old school used. it whould crash all the time and take the computer with it Confused

Author:  Homer_simpson [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:55 pm ]
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I say VC++ is better also since most libraries and tutorials are based on it and it's more standard and also because of extra features that it has...

Author:  UBC_Wiskatos [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 6:22 pm ]
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Homer_simpson wrote:
I say VC++ is better also since most libraries and tutorials are based on it and it's more standard and also because of extra features that it has...


GCC is more standardised than Visual C++ 6, although .NET is catching up. Personally, I use Visual C++ 6, although I have used GCC and Borland in the past.

Author:  bugzpodder [ Mon Jul 21, 2003 10:47 pm ]
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GC++ and its crappy rhide editor
made about 200 C++ programs on it now.

Author:  rizzix [ Tue Jul 22, 2003 1:04 am ]
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on the windows platform... VC++/Dotnet are the Standards..

but on other unix/linux platforms it usually is g++/gcc that are the standard compilers..

now if ur writing crossplatform apps.. i think g++ is the obvious choice.. else just use the m$ stuff

Author:  bugzpodder [ Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:43 pm ]
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i am a bit sick and tired of microsoft. i hate it when everytime i make a small program i have to get all these additional files and folders. so i am sticking to GCC on the windows platform

Author:  jonos [ Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:21 pm ]
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where would i be able to get gcc/gc++ because i can't find it anywhere

Author:  wtd [ Tue Feb 17, 2004 5:48 pm ]
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jonos wrote:
where would i be able to get gcc/gc++ because i can't find it anywhere


dev-c++ comes with it, if you don't already have MinGW (minimalist GNU for Windows) installed.

Also, I couldn't agree more than GCC is a better alternative to VC++ 6. 6 is horrible about implementing the C++ standard. Templates won't work right, it'll let you get away with bad things regarding the std namespace, and it has buggy IO libraries.

Author:  jonos [ Tue Feb 17, 2004 8:33 pm ]
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i like dev-c++ cause its free and simple, blah blah blah. i also have um bought "" vc++ but i don't like it as much, as well i am um buying"" the borland enterprise one so i haven't tried that one yet.

Author:  tilex [ Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:02 pm ]
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Visual Studio 6 .NET ( Student Version )


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