Thread: C Programming Compiler

Hi,

I'm currently at University, were we usethe Borland C++ 5.5 compiler, however, this does not work on Vista which my home computer has.

I was therefore wondering what C program compiler everyone would recommend which works on Windows Vista?

Thanks,

Luke.

Downloading VS 2008 now... Thanks.

I've downloaded the Microsoft Visual C++ (Visual Studio) thing... It's free. Not sure about whether it's "best" or recommended. I use it at work so I'm used to it. Sort of.

I would recommend Netbeans6.5 with GCC (Cygwin) it is an Opensource/Free Software. Please find the installation details here.

Code:

http://www.netbeans.org/kb/60/cnd/setup-Windows.html

I use GCC, it is available for all platforms, and it's open source.

I second that VS is a fantastic IDE! When I used to screw around with Python my absolute favorite IDE was the free version of Komodo but months later I had to reinstall it and found they weren't offering the free version any more. I tried so many free IDE's and couldn't stand any of them so took to using Notepad++ for code. It was such a joy when I got into C and discovered Visual Studio C++ Express. This is one Microsoft product that I have no gripes with whatsoever (apart from the lack of C99 support of course)

I was recommended by the University to get Codeblocks. I've downloaded the Codeblocks file with MinGW (http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/binaries). However, when i try and compile the 'Hello World' file, nothing happens, and when building i get the following message:

"vfile1 - Debug" uses an invalid compiler. Skipping...
Nothing to be done.

I have the GNU GCC Compiler selected as default. Anyone know what the problem is? Thanks.

Solved the issue...

I use:http://www.smorgasbordet.com/pellesc/

Well i had it working with simple files such as Hello world. However, when building the following file:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string.h>

 int get_age(int min_age, int max_age)

     {

     int age=0;
     while((age<min_age)||(age>max_age))
            {
            printf("\nEnter your age, (between %d and %d):",min_age,max_age);

            scanf("%d",&age);

            }

     return age;

     }

I get the following error:

Code:

D:/Program Files/CodeBlocks/MinGW/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/3.4.5/../../../libmingw32.a(main.o):main.c:(.text+0x104): undefined reference to `_WinMain@16'

Can anyone help me please?

The starting point for all C programs is the main() function.

You don't have one, and the error advises you of that, in somewhat oblique terminology.

TDM-MINGW:
http://tdragon.net/recentgcc/
with Codeblocks
http://www.codeblocks.org/

or LCC or PellesC.