[kr0nuz.pl46u3]

To all who is reading this topic. What is the BEST C/C++ Compiler for you?

-- Mine is "DEV C++", What's yours?

[snoopy11]

Code::Blocks with MinGW as the compiler its cross platform open source and FREE
which is best of all.

MSVC Express Edition with the windows platform sdk download is also very good.

[Oler1s]

Dev-C++ is not a compiler. It's an IDE. The compiler it uses is MinGW.

There isn't a best C++ compiler. It depends on what "best" means. Generally I work with the MSVC and GCC compilers. This is the case for the majority of people.

[oscode]

Dev-C++ isn't a compiler it's an IDE. I think it uses the compiler provided by MinGW.
The best C/C++ compiler for me on linux are gcc/g++. On Windows MinGW and Microsoft's C++ compiler.

This post has been edited by oscode: 26 October 2010 - 09:56 AM

[Crunch]

I think the OP meant best ide.

For me Visual studio 2010 express edition is good enough to do my usual stuff.

[Alex6788]

For me Microsoft visual C++ 2010 and 2008 express edition i love it.

@snoopy11 nice signature

This post has been edited by Alex6788: 26 October 2010 - 11:29 AM

[SarumanTheWhite]

I like to use Geany. It supports multiple languages and is pretty easy to use.

[optix212]

I just started using Microsoft Visual C++ Express, but can't seem to figure out how to actually start the program.. I get it to build perfectly. I just think if they spent all this time and effort making this beautiful IDE for people, they could at least throw a simple "Run Program" button in it.. So until I figure out how to actually get my program to run, my favorite has to be DevC++

[baavgai]

Best compiler: gcc ( Really, it's all you need )

Best IDE: Visual Studio ( Windows ), Qt Creator ( Everywhere else )

[Oler1s]

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I just think if they spent all this time and effort making this beautiful IDE for people, they could at least throw a simple "Run Program" button in it.. So until I figure out how to actually get my program to run, my favorite has to be DevC++

Look under the debug menu. There are options to debug and run without debugging.

If I were in your position, I would have discovered this by:

1) checking the menus: There's only about 8 menus. Of which 5 of them are file/edit/view/windows/help. So this would have been trivial to investigate.

2) Googling: Any sane search query gets me answers at the top of the search results.

3) Checking documentation: Which I would do anyway because like other developers, I RTFM.

I believe there's also a button on the toolbar to run the program, and it's got a green play button. Since it's next to the portion of the toolbar where you configure what variant of the project gets built. So if I could get the program to build, I probably could hit the button right next to the building part...

[NickDMax]

Well the most general are Microsoft's and GCC. However there are two compilers (Intel's compiler and the AMD supported Open64) which probably produce "better object code" (whatever that may mean) as these are fostered my the chip manufacturers.

For the most part compilers are compilers so long as they don't diverge too far from the standard. For example if you spend too much time around Microsoft's compiler you tend to get wedged into very platform specific/compiler specific practices -- which is not a big deal so long as you continue to use Microsoft's compiler.

The same argument can probably be made for any other compiler but I think more so with the Microsoft one because they really try to engage you in the windows platform.

I think that the GCC compiler I think has a little more C++0x implemented then Microsoft...

What would one propose we use as a Metric?

Which produces faster code?
Which compilers faster?
Which produces smaller code?


Really I think it just boils down to what fits with your favorite development environment and best fits your problem space.

for me... all of them (at least as many as I can get to work well when installed on the same machine) as most of my C/C++ is done aiding on the forum. So I often compile on multiple compilers.

[Oler1s]

In terms of optimization, I think GCC and Intel sit at the top now. GCC's optimization strength surprised me. I heard numbers like near 2x speedup from switching from MSVC to GCC (kind of ridiculous), but I recall checking performance for code under MinGW and seeing almost a 2x speedup or something ridiculous. Basic C++ code too. EDIT: Obviously this was a particular case. But gcc is optimizing and vectoring code much better than MSVC.

There was a survey of compiler optimizations done in a presentation, where the generated instructions were analyzed, and I think gcc and icc sat at the top of the heap.

This post has been edited by Oler1s: 26 October 2010 - 12:12 PM

[Aphex19]

Visual C++ 2010 has done me well, although G++ is a great compiler.