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I'm looking for a very good C++ compiler. I've searched Google, but there's so many I can't decide. Which ones do you guys like?

Hey, good thread...
I've been experimenting in that regime as well...

I look forward to hear any recommendations...

It probably depends on what you want to do with it. I can hardly code a program myself but love to mess with available sources. So i used to use GCC/MinGW.
Then the open-source projects i was interested in started to switch to VC6, which i liked best. Now i use VC7, which is a monster, but allows for a bunch of more optimizations.
I heard that VC7.1 is the only one yet that can reliably optimize for SSE/SSE2.

I don't know how to program C++ either, but would love to learn. I've been trying to learn Visual Basic, but I can't find a FREE VB compiler and Visual Studio is wayyyyyy too expensive for me. Right now I can only code in VBS and batch, but I need a C/C++ compiler for sources and and stuff.

Oddysey would probably know a good one, but he's not here right now.

Quote:Oddysey would probably know a good one, but he's not here right now. 

I'm not here??!! :o That was only temporary, my friend! [rolleyes]

OK, FWIW, I've never personally dabbled in C++. I went straight from C to C#, thanks to the help of an MS insider.

When the chips are down, I've stopped trying to keep up with all the latest and greatest neato languages and platforms. Since I retired several years ago, the Honey-Do list has gotten longer, not shorter [tears remaining hair out by the roots]. And don't let anyone tell you that when you're retired, every day is a Saturday. No sirree Bob! It's more like, every day is a Monday - there's always some chore, job or task to accomplish, curse it all anyway.

As it stands, I'll opt for Sidki's suggestion of VC++ 7.1, if you can get your hands on it. The last version I got was something like 5.0, and it looked easy enough at the time, but I never persued it. Maybe I should have, but life is what happens to you while you're making other plans!

And as an aside, I'd certainly investigate Golden's products. I still use their ancient (but working) LISP compiler (actually a pseudo-compler), one of my favorite languages of all time.


Oddysey

Quote:I'm not here??!!  That was only temporary, my friend! 

Thats why I said right now. I think I searched google and found that VC++ 7.1, but I cant seem to find it on my hard drive. I guess I'll have to find it again.

Shea;

If this is showing up twice, then blame the forum's server. I posted it this morning (07/04/04), and now I'm just browsing around late in the evening, and I don't see it. Not my fault, I swear! [angry]

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Enjoy!


Oddysey

Thanx for the link Oddysey!