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  • 02-12-2004 3:58pm
    #1
    Bah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 395 ✭✭


    Hey,
    I'm looking for a C compiler that I can use in Windows - I'm only used to using Linux terminal/gedit, so anything that resembles that would be great - it's only for very, very basic programming, but it's pretty urgent so I don't have time for a compiler with a steep learning curve. A download link would be nice.
    Thanks in advance.


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    bringitdown
    Registered Users Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭bringitdown


    http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ a free C/C++ and other compiler...

    Command line based and / or with a simple IDE...


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    Max
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭Max


    or this www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

    also free


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,508 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    or http://www.cygwin.com/
    Has a Win32 port of gcc, which I assume you will be familar with.
    If you set the default line end chars to DOS you should be able to use Notepad to edit your code.


    To do Windows programming you can use Mingw.
    For an IDE/editor you could use Visual MingGW (http://visual-mingw.sourceforge.net/)

    This works in conjunction with Mingw.
    Mingw (http://www.mingw.org/ or http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/) aka Minimalist GNU for Windows
    Mingw is a gcc compiler configuration that does without the Cygwin Unix emulation layer. Instead, it uses the Microsoft MSVCRT as its C library. If you want a Win32 native compiler without Unix support, this is for you! The Cygwin compiler includes a new -mno-cygwin flag that pulls in the Mingw libraries instead of Cygwin.


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    Static
    Registered Users Posts: 347 ✭✭Static


    daymobrew wrote:
    or http://www.cygwin.com/
    Has a Win32 port of gcc, which I assume you will be familar with.
    If you set the default line end chars to DOS you should be able to use Notepad to edit your code.

    Cygwin is what most the real heads would use, but for a learner, doing basic C stuff, the delorie djgpp compiler that bringitdown linked to is much simpler to get up and running IIRC. I remember using it to learn C many moons ago.


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    rob1891
    Registered Users Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭rob1891


    Static wrote:
    Cygwin is what most the real heads would use, but for a learner, doing basic C stuff, the delorie djgpp compiler that bringitdown linked to is much simpler to get up and running IIRC. I remember using it to learn C many moons ago.
    yeah, but he's used to programing in a linux environment, cygwin has got to be the best option.

    gcc, X and nedit are all available for cygwin!


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    Static
    Registered Users Posts: 347 ✭✭Static


    rob1891 wrote:
    yeah, but he's used to programing in a linux environment, cygwin has got to be the best option.

    I'm not trying to be smart, but he didn't specifically say that :)


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