A C Compiler 1

[Namsu55]

Hi, I am wanting to learn the C language, can somebody tell me a compiler that I can successfully use to build the c program on Windows XP. If you know both one from a CMD and GUI type application please reply.

Thanyou.

 

[Salem]

http://www.compilers.net/Dir/Free/Compilers/CCpp.htm

These should be OK
Borland 5.5 command line tools
Dev-C++
DJGPP
Digital Mars
MingW
Cygwin

There's also visual studio express

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Studio_2005_Express

but you also need to download the platform SDK separately.

A compiler neutral IDE which some people seem rather keen on (not tried it myself) is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_blocks

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[xwb]

Another one is http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/cpp.shtml

 

[Namsu55]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate this.

 

[tbshmkr]

LCC-WIN32 with TEXTPAD as IDE

TEXTPAD is shareware but worth it.

LCC-WIN32 IDE constantly updates and is irritating.

LCC-WIN32 is here:
URL:

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/

TEXTPAD is here:
URL:

http://www.textpad.com/download/index.html

Full Instructions for setup TEXTPAD with LCC-WIN32:
URL:

http://ems.calumet.purdue.edu/mcss/kraftrl/cs124-04/lcc-install.html

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