Looking for gcc Compiler for C++

[V3LCR0]

My brother has recently bought me a book to learn C++, Sams Teach Yourself c++ in 24
hours.

The CD that comes with the book which is Borland C++, does not work with vista. The installation from the CD was taking a while and i decided to just stop the installation.

I want a compiler that is known to work for Vista 32 bit. I have looked around, there doesn't seem to be many for Vista itself.

Could you guys maybe suggest to me another option? Maybe have a dual boot of ubuntu to play with c++? If you guys know a compiler that works with vista please let me know, thanks.

 

[Markbnj]

Download Microsoft Visual Studio Express Edition for C++.

http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/

That's your best bet and will be closest to the general idea of how Borland C++ worked. There will be many differences though, since I think that is an old book. Still, gcc will be a much higher learning curve.

 

[tfinch2]

http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

 

[Lorthreth]

http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/ is nice too.

Updated version of Dev-C++ to become wxDev-C++.

 

[Cogman]

http://www.netbeans.org/
http://www.codeblocks.org/
http://www.eclipse.org/downloa...ganymede-SR1-win32.zip

Those are some of the most popular IDEs. As Markbnj said, Visual Studios is probably the best IDE available. I would avoid Dev-c++, it has a fair amount of stability issues along with being out of development. The last version of Dev-C++ was released in like 2005 or something.

 

[degibson]

I recommend a VM if you want to go the Linux route. Don't bother with dual booting.