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Master Windu:
If you have to use a Window$ (P)OS, got to http://www.borland.com and download their compiler. That M$ Visual C++ compiler is the biggest piece of shit, it is ridiculous. I don't understand how anyone is supposed to learn a programming language by using that compiler. It gives you "error" messages for just about every ludicrous thing you can think of. I had a program with a nested switch that it gave me shit over, it complains about variables that start with an underscore, and, this is my favorite one, if you comment out something that isn't using the proper syntax, it won't build it! So, I ask, what is the fucking point of having a comment then? 90% of the time I use them is becaue I need to edit out a function, or a few lines that I am debugging.
Of course, if you go to another computer terminal, load up your source code, run the Micro$hit compiler, and build you program, for some reason, it will work on there even though you are using the same compiler, the same version, on the same (P)OS, from the same company. If you are ever wondering why Microsoft's products all suck, and why they are full of bugs, there is your answer. If they are writing code strictly using their bug-ridden compilers, no wonder why all of their software they release is absolute fodder.
Stick with Borland's compiler. It's free and easy to use in WinDo$e. Digital Mars makes a free one as well, but I haven't tried it yet. Linux comes free with GNU, so that is what I usually write on. I write all of my code on GNU with no errors, then when I take it to school, and I compile it on the M$ compiler, suddenly I have 50 error messages that are generated by bullshit things like not pressing a space bar or something.
Kintaro:
GCC is my compiler, and i use cygwin...
Calum:
i certainly don't have to (and would rather not) use a windows OS for programming. i suspect i will adamantly never learn how to use visual basic, for example, too much real knowledge out there to clutter my mind up with trivia!
sEkToR:
k, any programs for c, that r good, i already have M$hit visual c++ but i dont really like Micro$hit
Master Windu:
Digital Mars has free compilers for C and C++. You can use these on Windoze.
If you are running Linux, chances are that your distro came with GNU. GNU has a compiler for just about every language you can think of. Check your distro to see if it has GNU (it most likely does) and install it.
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