I'm looking for a good, free C compiler for Windows so I can make some progress on K&R on my 13 hour flight tomorrow. Any suggestions?
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Update: get an iso image for Linux and boot it during your flight? Its free its reliable and it is not going to take you hours of screwing around with.
ojblass
2009-05-05 00:37:46
for a flight tomorrow? That's a metric buttload of work there.
mmr
2009-05-05 00:40:29
What units do you measure metric buttloads in?
ojblass
2009-05-05 00:43:14
Well, certainly not in imperial units. That might mean that a buttload is fifteen farthings to the hectacre.
mmr
2009-05-05 16:15:15
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There are plenty. Borland C++ Builder, GCC (on Windows, often used in Cygwin), DJGPP, Visual C++ Express, and LCC-Win32.
I've used GCC (through Linux and Cygwin). I used DJGPP years ago (it was/is a fork of GCC, don't know how close it has stayed) which worked very well. No experience with the rest, really.
Edit: and MingGW, which was already mentioned and may be your best bet if you don't want Cygwin.
MBCook
2009-05-05 00:48:12
+5
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Tiny C Compiler
Its about 200kb. Compiles 9x faster than GCC. No install, just unzip and go.
It doesn't optimize, but it should be fine for learning K&R
Unknown
2009-05-05 00:51:56
+5
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Visual Studio 2008 express edition, if you don't mind Microsoft products, is free, and has C++ support (so, therefore, C support).
mmr
2009-05-05 00:53:24
If you want the only compiler that "just works" out of the box, VS Express edition is you only true choice.
Joce
2009-05-05 02:00:01