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Hi,
I am a rookie "programmer", with basically no programing experience. I am learning from a book titled The Absolute Beginners Guide to C . And the author recommends that I use a C Compiler. So the bottom line is - I need a easy to use and free C compiler. If any one knows of a website from where I can download a compiler from, I would REALLY appreciate it. Thanks. |
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Re: I need a easy & free c compiler
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There is one that I know of, however. For unknown reasons, Microsoft is offering free downloads of its "Express" version of .NET tools. This includes a C++ IDE and compiler. You can download it free from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...pport/install/ Hope this helps! |
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Re: I need a easy & free c compiler
Also look at Dev-C++ IDE with mingw compiler at www.bloodshed.net, I believe the newest stable version is 4, but the beta of 5 works fine for me.
Keep in mind none of these suggestions will be good for robot programming, for that you need at least the C18 compiler and preferably MPLAB from Microchip, which is of course in the kit. Hope that helped, Matt |
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Re: I need a easy & free c compiler
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gcc is industry standard, cross-platform, and worth learning how to use at some point in your education. That said, you probably want a whole IDE (integrated development environment), and of those available, Eclipse and Visual C++ are the most popular and most supported - VC++ also gives you the most verbose and useful error messages in my experience. The above free download of Visual C++ is a good starting point. |
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Re: I need a easy & free c compiler
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![]() I'd go with gcc, it's used a lot in the workforce and (if coded correctly) will work cross-platform. |
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Re: I need a easy & free c compiler
GCC and Eclipse is the way to go! Totally free, and very well supported.
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Re: I need a easy & free c compiler
"Easy" and "C" never go in the same sentence. Period.
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Re: I need a easy & free c compiler
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So j/kLast edited by Jared Russell : 31-01-2006 at 22:07. |
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