Best C and C++ compiler!

[ChatIndia]

I have found "Turbo C++" compiler and its a crap. My book example code doesn't work in that compiler. Seems like it is outdated and doesn't support C99. Any best known compiler you recommend to me?

 

[Darkmere]

I use Microsoft Visual Studio

 

[vv.bbcc19]

Yeah..visual studio is good but its expensive.Do you know any other free compiler which is good?

 

[essellar]

Well, there's always the GCC (Gnu C Compiler) -- it's available as part of the Cygwin package if you're on Windows. It's free and open source.

 

[ChatIndia]

Well, there's always the GCC (Gnu C Compiler) -- it's available as part of the Cygwin package if you're on Windows. It's free and open source.

I have installed Cygwin but I am not able to understand it. I use cc command to compile file with .c extension in my debian linux and gcc to compile c++ but none of them works here.

 

[Sharky]

Isn't there a free version? VS Express or something?

 

[freonyeah]

Yeah..visual studio is good but its expensive.Do you know any other free compiler which is good?

Completely free, for Windows

VISUAL C++ 2010 EXPRESS

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/visual-cpp-express

Hope it helps.

 

[ChatIndia]

I have downloaded and installed visual studio 2008 express edition.

I only know "printf" and "scanf" at the moment. please teach me how to compile in visual studio 2008 express edition.

 

[freonyeah]

I have downloaded and installed visual studio 2008 express edition.

I only know "printf" and "scanf" at the moment. please teach me how to compile in visual studio 2008 express edition.

If you search on youtube.com for something like "visual c++ 2008 tutorial" you will find videos that will teach you how to compile and many other stuff. Videos on youtube are very good teaching tools.

 

[callumacrae]

I have installed Cygwin but I am not able to understand it. I use cc command to compile file with .c extension in my debian linux and gcc to compile c++ but none of them works here.

That's what compilers do - are you asking about an IDE to do it for you?

 

[misson]

There's the up-and-comer, LLVM. Apple has made it the default compiler in XCode 4. You can build it with Microsoft's Visual Studio. The ClangVSx add-in lets you use LLVM from within Visual Studio.

The core of LLVM is a compiler backend, responsible for code generation but little else. You can use the clang frontend for parsing, or a GCC compatible frontend, or another frontend of someone else's devising (which means LLVM can compile from potentially any source language by switching the frontend).

At the start of this year, Cristophe Riccio published a performance comparison of Visual C++, LLVM and GCC.

 

[cCorE]

I've been using dev-c++ - powerful and easy to use

 

[CWeb Creative]

I have to say that GCC is the best for me its no frills and gets the job done every time.