Thread: Very simple Function using printf()

Originally Posted by CommonTater

twazzler... you might also consider moving forward in time to a compiler from this millenium... DevC has been abandonware since the late 1990s.

Heh...I'm old skool, chap.

I'll try your recommendation, can't be any worse than some I have tried (I found Dev-C to be the least annoying and most user-friendly and for some reason it's very hard to get a straight answer from anyone about the "best" IDE to use, especially for beginners).

Originally Posted by CommonTater

Yeah... but then there's setups like Pelles C that are an IDE and compiler all in one. I like Pelles C for three primary reasons: 1) it is C-99 standards compliant, 2) it comes with everything you need for windows development built right in and 3) It is probably the best documented compiler I've ever seen. (i.e. the help file is to die for!)

I should confess installing and running Pelles C is easier than Eclipse. And to be frank I checked the help file and it is some thing I would go for. Had not heard of it before. For beginners setting up Pelles C is definitely easier than Eclipse. However as anduril462 mentioned you can have any programming language with Eclipse. However setting up might be tricky.

Originally Posted by twazzler

Heh...I'm old skool, chap.

I'll try your recommendation, can't be any worse than some I have tried (I found Dev-C to be the least annoying and most user-friendly and for some reason it's very hard to get a straight answer from anyone about the "best" IDE to use, especially for beginners).

I recommend what CommonTater mentioned. Go for Pelles C. It is easy to install, easy to use and help file is a great deal.