Which Compiler should I use.

[Snowboard-Ninja]

`````I've been looking through a few and sofar I have the choices Borland, Microsoft, and GNU. I just need one with the basics, fairly user-friendly. Which of these would suit me best? Do you have a link where I could get them? Do you know any other compilers that would be more useful/easier to use (free)?

Cheers,
Snow

 

[Nullware]

I would recommend starting with the Dev-CPP IDE which includes the MingW compiler.
http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

 

[Snowboard-Ninja]

Thanks very much.

 

[sick_of_rs]

code::blocks is also a very nice IDE, as well as NetBeans and Eclipse, if your using Windows then theres the VS suite of course.

 

[war833]

Keep in mind that compiler and IDE are not the same thing, I think you meant IDE which is acronym for Intergrated Development Environment.

 

[Snowboard-Ninja]

Thanks...that does help. But this is quite an old thread btw

 

[war833]

Oh yeah =/ I need to start looking at the dates. lol

 

[sick_of_rs]

Keep in mind that compiler and IDE are not the same thing, I think you meant IDE which is acronym for Intergrated Development Environment.

I thought if people know what a compiler is... then surely they'd know what an IDE is, and would be a bit pedantic to point the differences out... looks like i was wrong lol

 

[akalazy]

i use the MingW compiler on windows, and on my linux machines i use gcc.

 

[xRaIDeNx69]

I use Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 or Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 otw

 

[clint999]

I would recommend starting with the Dev-CPP IDE which includes the MingW compiler.
http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html