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LOI Kratong · Dec 12th, 2005, 3:29 PM

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Originally Posted by coldDeath

i don't have time to flame

Nice to see everyone being nice for the right reasons

zirener · Dec 13th, 2005, 7:43 AM

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Originally Posted by coldDeath

meh, you win this time. But i have my eye on you....

GCC + VIM + Makefiles + Slackware + Tea = rocking :-)

Wheee! I won, hehe :p
Btw.: You forgot GDB, Valgrind, SCons and Gentoo

HaCkeR · Dec 13th, 2005, 9:41 AM

Dev-C++ is what i use and proberly always will. Its free and easy to use

ZenMasterJG · Dec 13th, 2005, 11:50 AM

how about emacs + gcc

On *nix systems i use gcc. Windows i actually shelled out the bucks for Visual Studio. I can't stand MinGW or DevC++. No real reason, i've used 'em just fine. Just didn't enjoy it. (Not that I enjoy microsoft products, i just like it better then DevC++.)

zirener · Dec 13th, 2005, 11:57 AM

Well, MinGW is just GCC ported to Windows. MinGW Developer Studio on the other hand is an IDE. :p

nnxion · Dec 13th, 2005, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenMasterJG

how about emacs + gcc

On *nix systems i use gcc. Windows i actually shelled out the bucks for Visual Studio. I can't stand MinGW or DevC++. No real reason, i've used 'em just fine. Just didn't enjoy it. (Not that I enjoy microsoft products, i just like it better then DevC++.)

I do enjoy Microsoft's products, I think Visual Studio is great.

Friendship · Apr 11th, 2006, 9:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Friendship

I would appreciate hearing your knowledgable recommendation about what might be the best compiler and learning environment for learning (continuing to learn) C++. I have an old Borland 4.5 program for Windows 3.1 which was good for learning some basics. I got drawn away from my studies for a while, but now I am getting back on track. In the meantime, things have changed both in the programming realm and in my personal computer as well. I now have Windows XP and would like to know how to program in the latest Windows format. What do you recommend? Can you discuss the advantages of a Borland product versus a Microsoft product? What is the advantage of using Visual C++? Or the .NET environment? Is there a compiler that is particularly easy to use for beginning students? Perhaps even is bundled with tutorial features? If you have experience with any of these things and can give me sound advice, I would appreciate it immensely!

I owe a debt of thanks to everyone who responded to my post in December of last year! I am REALLY SORRY it has taken so long. I wasn't subscribed to my own post apparently...I got no email indicating there were posts. I suppose Christmas and house guests distracted me enough to completely forget that I posted the question in the first place. Anyway, thank you all for the info! I had no idea about the free devC++ software, let alone how popular it seems to be with so many of you! Are there tutorial features associated with it?? I'll have a look, but actually I was leaning heavily toward a choice between Borland and Microsoft products, and was also wondering about whether I should be concerned with learning about the .NET environment. If there's no more response to this thread, I'll understand...perhaps there's been WAY too much of a time delay...at least I got a chance to say thanks... although it might be like a tree falling in the forest when no one is there!

Prm753 · Apr 12th, 2006, 11:44 AM

Actually, there is a small but good C tutorial that comes with Dev-C++, and there are examples of programming with the Win32 API and in a folder aptly named "Examples". I haven't really used many Borland or Microsoft products, so I'll let someone else tell you about those.

Seif · Apr 12th, 2006, 12:22 PM

Visual Studio 2005 express edition is cool and Free... unless you wan't to do any win32 api stuff as it doesn't come with any of that. You could install the PSDK for it, but alas I found it wouldn't work for me when compiling

Cache · Apr 12th, 2006, 1:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Seif

Visual Studio 2005 express edition is cool and Free... unless you wan't to do any win32 api stuff as it doesn't come with any of that. You could install the PSDK for it, but alas I found it wouldn't work for me when compiling

I had MSVC++ Express compiling native Win32 API code. You just have to change a few of it's configuration files. No doubt you can do the same with VSE. See google for more information.

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Dec 13th, 2005, 9:41 AM	#23
HaCkeR Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 131 Rep Power: 0	Dev-C++ is what i use and proberly always will. Its free and easy to use

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ZenMasterJG Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 148 Rep Power: 4	how about emacs + gcc On *nix systems i use gcc. Windows i actually shelled out the bucks for Visual Studio. I can't stand MinGW or DevC++. No real reason, i've used 'em just fine. Just didn't enjoy it. (Not that I enjoy microsoft products, i just like it better then DevC++.)

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Can you recommend the best compiler & learning environment?