Yes, I have read the FAQ.
Just a quick question here, does anyone here use anything else besides an MS compiler or MinGW (or GCC) and why?
I was reading about Watcom being a pretty kick-butt compiler back in DOS days, but how is it now (as OpenWatcom)?
You were in the right forum to begin with...grrr.
Anyway, here's the poll from a while ago:
Your most used compiler
C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge
Ah, so no one really gives a crap about anything but GCC/MinGW and VC.
I sometimes toy with Intel's icc, and Sun's cc. You can't build a full Linux system with either of them, but they are nice to have on the system for experiments.
Well, the "reason" is most people are programming software for either MS (which has an official compiler) or GNU/linux (which also has an official compiler). 95%+ of software built for those OS's is built using the official compiler. On linux, it is probably more like 99.999999%. So why mess with that?Originally Posted by Epy
C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge
I guess. I thought there would be a Borland or Watcom niche.
I do use Borland for my Windows GUI stuff. When I _can_, but that's getting harder by the day.
Market demands are gonna make me learn MFC one of these days I think... been putting it off as long as possible. But then on the other hand if the customer wants something like that they can just hire some script kiddie who thinks he knows C#. *shrug*
Edit: Since it hasn't been mentioned, I've toyed with Pelles C occasionally, mainly just because I was given a project that used it. Actually seems like a real solid compiler, not that I'd switch to it or anything.
Last edited by core_cpp; 10-09-2009 at 01:58 PM.
Isn't MFC being phased out for Forms and WPF?
Ummm... if you want to play with .NET maybe. LOL
Hopefully I'll be retired when the day comes that I can't find a decent paying job without going there. Ugh. Fortunately linux isn't going anywhere.
