Thread: Whats A Good Compiler?

  1. 06-25-2005 #1
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    Question Whats A Good Compiler?

    Im using Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2, And iv followed alot of tutorials and ones what work for sure just wont because of stupid errors it outputs. Such as when you try to include files it says stupid errors. So can anyone tell me of a good compiler,
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    The best 3 compilers I know of ATM are:-

    Microsoft visual c++ 7.1(2003)
    Comeau c++
    Kai c++

    Get one of those you will be just fine.
    Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
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    is one of em free?, i know microsoft visual c++ aint.
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    GCC on UNIX.

    And there is a free version of Visual C++ somewhere on Microsoft's site.
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    Microsoft Visual C++ Beta 1 is free...
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    http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/expres...c/default.aspx
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    The commandline version of msvc7.1 is available for free on M$ site.
    Free the weed!! Class B to class C is not good enough!!
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    have you got a link for commandline version of msvc7? coz i cant find it
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    And iv followed alot of tutorials and ones what work for sure just wont because of stupid errors it outputs. Such as when you try to include files it says stupid errors.
    A better solution is to figure out what's wrong, perhaps by asking.
    After all, if it is a mistake on your part (or on the part of the tutorial author), then switching compilers wont make a difference.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by laserlight
    A better solution is to figure out what's wrong, perhaps by asking.
    After all, if it is a mistake on your part (or on the part of the tutorial author), then switching compilers wont make a difference.
    no becuase its mostly
    Code:
    include "header.h"
    and Dev C++ is outputting it as an error for some stupid reason.
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    Quote Originally Posted by katocan
    no becuase its mostly
    Code:
    include "header.h"
    and Dev C++ is outputting it as an error for some stupid reason.
    What reason might that be?
    Posting your compile log often helps.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
    Look up a C++ Reference and learn How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
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    by any chance do you know which version of Dev C++ is best for compiling?
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    if you want (C)oolness (Y)ou (G)et (W)here (I)nitially (N)one then download cygwin!!!
    its a unix like environment for windows, so you can use many unix tools like gcc

    afaik the intel c++ compiler is good, since it does a good job on inserting simd (mmx, sse, sse2) instructions.
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