Does anyone know where on the net I can get a good free compiler for c++, thanks. Edited by - iceman00004 on 8/6/00 12:38:11 AM

assuming you want c/c++.. www.delorie.com
DJGPP is a good comipler

Eiffel?

Borland released its old DOS compiler, You should see if it is still here. But you need to sign up to get it . But it is free so who really cares?


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Or download the DevC++ 3.99 ,www.bloodshed.net which is not currently working right now but i believe you can find it somewhere else on the net(try www.softseek.com).
It uses the Mingw32 compiler and it has a very nice IDE.

But because i have all those compilers mentioned(DJGPP,Borland,DEvC++) although they are good i couldn't compile any DirectX program.Mostly incompatibility problems either with the directx headers or with COM support.

So i got VC++ wich compiles everything,but it's not free.

Voodoo4

Edited by - Voodoo4 on August 6, 2000 3:28:11 AM

Same, it really is worth spending the money on M$VC... Otherwise you will end up going nowhere, but for learning purposes, the compilers above are fine

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Hey, you guys forgot about lcc-win32. It does compile DirectX examples. The only bad thing is that it is a C compiler, which sucks (a little).

quote: Original post by dwarfsoft
Borland released its old DOS compiler, You should see if it is still here. But you need to sign up to get it . But it is free so who really cares?


-Chris Bennett ("Insanity" of Dwarfsoft)

Actally, they have realesed their current compiler (5.5 i think)
without the GUI. FREE!
Its called Borland command line tools.

Voodoo4, BCLT (see above) can compile all DX stuff exept D3DX...
(you have to download the specially compiled dx lib's)

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Edited by - JonatanHedborg on August 6, 2000 5:37:42 AM

That is also at the link ... Sorry I forgot to mention it... too many posts to respond to .. YAY! I am almost 16th top poster

But yeah, one drawback of those Borland compilers, I can''t get the blasted things to compile DirectX (even though there have been wrappers made for them). Owell

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quote:
it really is worth spending the money on M$VC

yes.

i use MSVC for larger projects, and borland''s free command line compiler for little test progs. dont let the fact that it''s command line scare you tho - i use editplus as an ide (you can set up custom buttons for compiling and running programs etc) so theres really no nasty command line stuff to do once it''s set up. the good thing about the editplus+borland setup is that the borland compiler supports newer C++ features (like member templates) and has better support for the STL. but having said that, i am too used to MSVC to stop using it now.

Use DJGPP and if you don''t like RHIDE then you can get a few good windowsy IDEs like Quincy99.

-Lucas