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11 Mar 2011, 8:41 pm

I recently purchased a book on beginners C++, and the compiler that came with it did not work with my OS (Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit), any recommendations on what would be a good compiler?

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11 Mar 2011, 8:55 pm

I recommend CodeBlocks.

http://www.codeblocks.org/

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11 Mar 2011, 9:08 pm

Could you program a reliable and effective upload algorithm for people with crap internet connections while you are at it please.

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11 Mar 2011, 9:10 pm

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Could you program a reliable and effective upload algorithm for people with crap internet connections while you are at it please.

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11 Mar 2011, 9:38 pm

Visual Studio is pretty good.

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11 Mar 2011, 11:43 pm

http://www.cygwin.com
is a unix-like suite of software for windows. In the install you may install development utilities such as GCC (GNU C Compiler) and much more. For a development environment Eclipse (eclipse.org) is very good.

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13 Mar 2011, 12:23 pm

^^ +1

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13 Mar 2011, 1:26 pm

Since you're running Windows 7, your best bet will probably be just to grab a copy of Visual Studio Express.

Codeblocks is a neat little IDE, but it doesn't come packaged w/ a compiler so you would need to install MinGW first.

Cygwin is just a pain in the @$$ and you don't strike me as someone in need of a POSIX environment, so stay away from it.

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13 Mar 2011, 2:13 pm

hechz wrote:

At that point, you're probably better off just installing Linux. From what I understand Cygwin is a headache, and when Ubuntu is so easy to install, why bother?

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13 Mar 2011, 3:44 pm

Except Express sucks, you'd need to torrent it for it to be useful. :roll:

Codeblocks comes with MinGW, as long as you click the right download link on their site.

Cygwin really is a pain in the ass, and not worth it unless you're doing some hardcore programming, which I know titan is not.

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13 Mar 2011, 4:07 pm

I downloaded Codeblocks/MinGW and Visual Studio, I think i will just play around with both until i decide which i like more, thanks for the help

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14 Mar 2011, 8:32 am

dunbots wrote:

Except Express sucks, you'd need to torrent it for it to be useful. :roll:

Codeblocks comes with MinGW, as long as you click the right download link on their site.

Cygwin really is a pain in the ass, and not worth it unless you're doing some hardcore programming, which I know titan is not.

As Titangeek is only learning, they really don't need all the bells and whistles that the full version of VS comes with. :wink:

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14 Mar 2011, 2:51 pm

soulecho wrote:

dunbots wrote:

Except Express sucks, you'd need to torrent it for it to be useful. :roll:

As Titangeek is only learning, they really don't need all the bells and whistles that the full version of VS comes with. :wink:

True, but he might want it eventually.

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14 Mar 2011, 2:53 pm

dunbots wrote:

soulecho wrote:

dunbots wrote:

Except Express sucks, you'd need to torrent it for it to be useful. :roll:

As Titangeek is only learning, they really don't need all the bells and whistles that the full version of VS comes with. :wink:

True, but he might want it eventually.

Titangeek will cross that bridge when he comes to it :lol:

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14 Mar 2011, 5:03 pm

Titangeek wrote:

dunbots wrote:

soulecho wrote:

dunbots wrote:

Except Express sucks, you'd need to torrent it for it to be useful. :roll:

As Titangeek is only learning, they really don't need all the bells and whistles that the full version of VS comes with. :wink:

True, but he might want it eventually.

Titangeek will cross that bridge when he comes to it :lol:

I would recommend not becoming dependent on Microsoft's tools. If you are a college student, you will be able to get VS for free through DreamSpark, but you would still be better off using something free and cross-platform.

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14 Mar 2011, 5:06 pm

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Titangeek wrote:

dunbots wrote:

soulecho wrote:

dunbots wrote:

Except Express sucks, you'd need to torrent it for it to be useful. :roll:

As Titangeek is only learning, they really don't need all the bells and whistles that the full version of VS comes with. :wink:

True, but he might want it eventually.

Titangeek will cross that bridge when he comes to it :lol:

good to know, but im not going to college for another year or two

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