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tell me websites for free c/c++ compilers?
Published on July 29, 2004 By web_poet In Personal Computing
Does anybody know the websites where I can download free c/c++ compilers.

I used to write c programs but I am going out of practice.

I want to get back to thr C spirit again but the commercial compilers are so espensive.

Any free download sites on the net?

Comments
on Jul 29, 2004
Try: The Gnu GCC compiler suite, available for many different platforms.
on Jul 29, 2004
There's something my partner checks out from time to time... http://perl.org or something remotely like that...they send out a digest which if you scroll through it can have some reasonable ideas..
on Jul 29, 2004
Move on
on Jul 29, 2004
Borland do a free one. You need to register though

http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/download_cbuilder.html
on Jul 29, 2004
I think the best free compiler is Dev c http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html

unless you need to work with Borland libraries that are not portable I would then say download the free Borland but that does not come with an editor
on Jul 30, 2004
Thanks citahellion, I will check the gnu site.

And also thanks to you AR-15, I will check the Dev C too.

But how do I use the free Borland without the editor?
on Aug 02, 2004
i believe you can get a free microsoft c/c++ compiler & linker  (the ones included with visual studio .NET 2003 pro) in return for reviewing some tutorial clips at their site 
on Aug 02, 2004
Yes, Microsoft have acompiler available for download too.

I think we have covered it.

on Aug 17, 2004
http://www.openwatcom.org/
on Aug 22, 2004
Anyone here developing really useful software with C/C++?
on Aug 23, 2004
That watcom link brings back memories. Remember when there was actually a reason to use something besides Visual Studio? Borland produced the smallest code; WATCOM produced the fastest code; Visual C failed to correctly compile solid standard C++ - not that fancy templace stuff, but normal C++ code you'd write in an introduction to C++ class. Ahh, those were the days.

I'm doing some useful, but completely uninteresting, I/O programming