Good C++ compiler

[Obhraonian]

I'm Going to teach myself C++ can anyone recommend a good free compiler thanks.

 

[miscelaneous]

I've been told Dev-C++ is a good one, plus it's free.

 

[Vhite]

Dev-c++ is good if you are going to work with 3rd party libraries like allegro because you can just download them while in others there are pain to install but you cant download every librarie.
Code::blocks is really nice, I cant really say why but when I work with it its just feels better the Dev-c++ so unless you ragequit while trying to install allegro or something like that on code::blocks like I did first time, you should rather use code::blocks

 

[gl1koz3]

You can also try Qt Creator IDE. It comes with a built-in compiler and a great set of features. Plus, it's quite multi-platform and C++.

 

[Weaver]

g++ in Linux is about all you need.

Keep in mind, an IDE is not a COMPILER; they're two very different things. A lot of IDEs will usually come with g++ or borland built in.

 

[YouBecame]

Do these above work for c# too?

 

[Weaver]

Do these above work for c# too?

IMO if you want to do C# your best option is to just get Microsoft's free C# visual studio:
http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2010-Visual-CS

It's under "Visual C# 2010 Express"

It's a full IDE and will compile everything for you.

 

[YouBecame]

Do these above work for c# too?

IMO if you want to do C# your best option is to just get Microsoft's free C# visual studio:
http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/#2010-Visual-CS

It's under "Visual C# 2010 Express"

It's a full IDE and will compile everything for you.

Very good shout cheers. I was looking around for a few VS, but missed that.
Cheers bud

 

[yayforgiveaway]

Don't start from c++ because it's like sex:
Everybody talks about it and how good are they at it and in truth those that do it don't do it as often as they talk and are bad at it.
Start from something simpler.
C for example.

 

[Obhraonian]

Thanks for all the suggestions I'll try dev-c++ first. And yayforgiveaway I've done quiet a bit of C a university so I'm not jumping straight in.

 

[Sleekgiant]

Also pick up Notepad++, has every language in it so you can check your work then just copy paste it into the compiler. Works wonders for MySQL work.

 

[Necator15]

g++ is a great compiler. I use Bloodshed Dev C++ as an IDE, or Notepad++, all depending on what I'm trying to accomplish.

 

[yayforgiveaway]

Thanks for all the suggestions I'll try dev-c++ first. And yayforgiveaway I've done quiet a bit of C a university so I'm not jumping straight in.

No offense but that was a shitty university if you don't see a difference between a compiler and IDE.
http://xkcd.com/378/

 

[That One Six]

I use Dev-C++, myself, as it's free.

 

[Agayek]

No offense but that was a shitty university if you don't see a difference between a compiler and IDE.
http://xkcd.com/378/

To be fair, the OP hasn't actually confused the two, at least from what he's said. It's about half the responses that blurred the line.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Is Dev-C++ well supported?

I know that MSVC and Eclipse are both reasonable IDE's to start with. I think that debugging is easier in MSVC so the free version, Visual C++ Express, might be a better place to start.

Spoiler: real answer

Borland Turbo C++ 3

 

[Obhraonian]

I will confess that I didn't know the difference between the two however it was a physics degree and we were taught the basics of C that we needed rather than a comprehensive overview of programming.