Anybody know of a good C compiler?

[Deadgye]

Yeah so, my first homework assignment for my C/C++ class is due friday and I've yet to find myself a decent compiler, so I'm wondering if anybody here could recommend a decent one. I have visual studio 2008 for C++, but it doesn't do regular C.

And if anybody recommends that piece of shit that is known as Miracle C I will kill you three times.

[nitsuj]

Yeah so, my first homework assignment for my C/C++ class is due friday and I've yet to find myself a decent compiler, so I'm wondering if anybody here could recommend a decent one. I have visual studio 2008 for C++, but it doesn't do regular C.

And if anybody recommends that piece of shit that is known as Miracle C I will kill you three times.

I'm sorry if I'm mistaken, but are you sure VS2008 doesn't do C? C++ is essentially an extension to the C language, I really thought it did. But I've only done C++ in VS2008.

Do you have access to a linux machine? Nothing simpler than:

gcc test.c -o test

and then to run

./test

[Tajin]

there's DJGPP http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/

and bloodshed http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

and codeblocks http://www.codeblocks.org/ which is an IDE but IIRC comes with a compiler too.

I've used all 3 at some point and they are ok for school stuff.

[Tajin]

There should be a turbo C download somewhere on the need, also intel has a command line compiler, same with borland.

[Deimos]

Install cygwin and use gcc, tutorial: http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~aamodt/ece242/cygwin.html

[Deadgye]

I'm sorry if I'm mistaken, but are you sure VS2008 doesn't do C? C++ is essentially an extension to the C language, I really thought it did. But I've only done C++ in VS2008.

It apparently seems it does, but I need to do a tiny work around to get it to do so. That and it gives me warnings that "scanf" and "printf" are scary everytime I run something. lol I'll probably use this and cygwin. I have access to unix, but god that shit is annoying.

[nitsuj]

I have access to unix, but god that shit is annoying.

You have so much to learn, padawan.

[sruon]

I used codeblocks personally.

[Deadgye]

You have so much to learn, padawan.

I like it when the backspace key works and the delete key deletes characters after the pointer. :3 My first uses of unix involved pico, which is a piece of shit, so that probably explains my opinion of unix. I'll probably dual boot between windows and linux within the next few years.

[Amastacia]

Sounds like inferior terminal emoolator settings to me.

Unix and GCC is the correct (free) answer.

Intel compiler is pretty hoss for anything running one of their chips... but so retardedly expensive to license it's not even remotely funny.

I've only used older versions of VS, and I remember C compiling working. C++ is effectively a superset of C, so it should work.

Scanf and printf are scary, but not really. C++ doesn't like them because they're not as "safe" to use as cin and cout, and are more likely to cause problems if used incorrectly.

[shiarua]

gcc for c
gcc/g++ for c++

Are you at a high school or college? If you are at a college, chances are they have a few linux servers running that you can ssh into (via Putty - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/). Talk to your CS department.

[Deimos]

I like it when the backspace key works and the delete key deletes characters after the pointer. :3 My first uses of unix involved pico, which is a piece of shit, so that probably explains my opinion of unix. I'll probably dual boot between windows and linux within the next few years.

This would be either the terminal/ssh program you used (were you connecting to the system remotely?), or your shell (try typing "bash" as your first command).

[zoobernut]

I use the bloodshed one for C++ and it seems to work ok for school. I don't know if it works for C though.

[Deadgye]

This would be either the terminal/ssh program you used (were you connecting to the system remotely?), or your shell (try typing "bash" as your first command).

Bash fixes it, but when running the actual program it reverts back to backspace failure. And it's unix.. of course I'm connecting to it remotely.

[Eliseos]

I use pico for my school stuff, I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who does lol. Everyone else prefers emacs.

[Deadgye]

NetBeans is sooooooooooo much better than pico imo. Hopefully eclipse is very similar to NetBeans since we'll be using that for my java class soon.

[Amastacia]

Eclipse works well and is pretty full-featured.

It's a Java "compiler" written in Java, which I like on principle (hallmark of a good language is you can use it to write its own compiler).

I don't actively do software development these days, and I try to avoid Java like the plague if I do, but Eclipse is my development environment of choice if I'm stuck with it.

<insert rant about Java being good for teaching OO concepts, but breeding lazy programmers here>

[MisterBob]

Eclipse is a Java IDE, not a compiler

[Deimos]

NetBeans is sooooooooooo much better than pico imo.

Eclipse works well and is pretty full-featured. It's a Java "compiler" written in Java

This thread delivers.

[Amastacia]

Compiler was in quotes for a reason.

OP said he was doing his "first assignment" and I didn't want to assume he had much experience with CS in general. Compiler is a useful, if technically inaccurate, word to convey the concept, without making assumptions about depth of knowledge. Figured he (and others) would either understand why it was in quotes or make the jump that I was using the term incorrectly to simplify.

And for an open-source environment, Eclipse *isn't* bad, if that's what you were laughing about.