I am having 64 bit Windows 7 as my operating system and want to run some c programs. Is there a compiler for the same? I mean a 64 bit c compiler.
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Yes, you can try MinGW-w64. It's a 64-bit distribution of GCC for Windows. I think you want mingw-w64-1.0-bin_i686-mingw_20100702.zip. This distribution is actively maintained, and GCC has quite good support for modern C.
Matthew Flaschen
2010-07-22 01:57:07
Thanks for helping me out. I have downloaded the zip file extracted it but m not able to figure it out how to install it. Can u help me here.
Logan
2010-07-25 01:54:15
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You could use the C compiler provided with Visual Studio 2010 (or probably 2008), just set your target type to x64 and compile .c files, you will get a 64-bit EXE.
DevinEllingson
2010-07-22 02:09:57
It's important to note that `cl` does not support the latest C standard (C99), and Microsoft [has said](http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/485416/support-c99) they are not planning to fix this.
Matthew Flaschen
2010-07-22 02:16:53
MSVC support for C is **dreadful**. It's so bad I prefer C++ over C on Windows.
Matt Joiner
2010-07-22 02:20:38
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If you're looking for a development environment as well, Visual C++ (Express) might be worth a peek: http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/
lzcd
2010-07-22 02:10:35
Really? According to MSDN, you can configure Express to do compile to x64...http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9yb4317s.aspx
Mike Caron
2010-07-22 03:05:00