Re: Favorite FREE C++ compiler
On 8 Nov, 04:31, "Hak...@gmail.com" <Hak...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I use Dev C++ when I'm at home, but Visual C++ when I'm at school.
I have found that Visual C++ has a few features I really like (for
example, I can enter all the input for my entire program at the first
cin, and adds "Press any key to exit" at the end). But, the default
compiler for Dev C++ doesn't do this, and I don't really care for what
it does do.
At the same time, I don't want to narrow my choices down to just these
too. (Plus, my teacher says that Microsoft's compiler has bad
diagnostic tools.) So what compilers (that are FREE) do you guys like?
When you say free do you mean 'currently released free of charge'? Or
do you mean free software (software that gives you freedom)? The GNU
compiler at http://gcc.gnu.org/ is free(dom) software and is available
most places free of charge. IMO this is a very good compiler, but as
Scott Meyers reccomends in Effective C++, a C++ project should use at
least 2 compilers. When I work on Windoze I use GNU and Studio 2005.
When using GNU I crank the warning level up to full volume. I think
this is good practise anyway but it is particularly needed when the
other compiler is Micro$oft, since it tends to emit warnings that
encourage the developer to use proprietary interfaces instead of std
ones (e.g its extensions to string handling to guard against buffer
overruns). This behaviour makes me supress the M$ warnings so I need
the warning level up higher on the other compiler to compensate.
Regards,
Andrew Marlow
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