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need advice for convenient C/C++ compiler. I do web development mainly,
i am not a programmer. Need compile few C source codes (ready). Compact
EXE size matters.

thanks

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> need advice for convenient C/C++ compiler. I do web development mainly,
> i am not a programmer. Need compile few C source codes (ready). Compact
> EXE size matters.

"Convenient" means different things to different folks.
For the meaning of "easily and quickly acquirable, and
inexpensive (in this case free)", see www.gnu.org
"Ease of use" is of course, in the eye of the beholder.
Good luck.

-Mike

On 1 Oct 2006 12:04:32 -0700, wrote:

>need advice for convenient C/C++ compiler. I do web development mainly,
>i am not a programmer. Need compile few C source codes (ready). Compact
>EXE size matters.

"Convenience" is strictly tied to which platform your source codes are
built for.

wrote:
> need advice for convenient C/C++ compiler. I do web development mainly,
> i am not a programmer. Need compile few C source codes (ready). Compact
> EXE size matters.

Please specify convenient:
- Which platform?
- GUI indispensable? Or dare you the terror of the command line?

Note that
- this is not exactly a C question, so some people may see it as
off-topic. However, the comp.lang.c wiki offers the following:
http://clc-wiki.net/wiki/C_resources
- "C/C++" is a rather dangerous term; you have two separate languages
C and C++. Compiling C code with a C++ compiler is not advisable as
the languages are sufficiently different to give you headaches (the
programme cannot be compiled or, worse, it can be compiled and linked
but the executable does not always do what it is supposed to do).
If you decide to use a compiler/IDE with C and C++ support both, then
make sure that you use the C mode to avoid nasty surprises.

Cheers
Michael
--
E-Mail: Mine is an /at/ gmx /dot/ de address.

Michael Mair said:

> wrote:
>> need advice for convenient C/C++ compiler. I do web development mainly,
>> i am not a programmer. Need compile few C source codes (ready). Compact
>> EXE size matters.
>
> Please specify convenient:
> - Which platform?

Windows - betcha.

> - GUI indispensable?

Yes - betcha.

> Or dare you the terror of the command line?

What's a command line? - betcha.

--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)

Michael Mair писал(а):

> wrote:
need advice for convenient C/C++ compiler. I do web development mainly,
i am not a programmer. Need compile few C source codes (ready). Compact
EXE size matters.

> Please specify convenient:
> - Which platform?
> - GUI indispensable? Or dare you the terror of the command line?

> Note that
> - this is not exactly a C question, so some people may see it as
> off-topic. However, the comp.lang.c wiki offers the following:
> http://clc-wiki.net/wiki/C_resources
> - "C/C++" is a rather dangerous term; you have two separate languages
> C and C++. Compiling C code with a C++ compiler is not advisable as
> the languages are sufficiently different to give you headaches (the
> programme cannot be compiled or, worse, it can be compiled and linked
> but the executable does not always do what it is supposed to do).
> If you decide to use a compiler/IDE with C and C++ support both, then
> make sure that you use the C mode to avoid nasty surprises.

> Cheers
> Michael
> --
> E-Mail: Mine is an /at/ gmx /dot/ de address.
-------------

Yes, sure, i need to amplify:
1. I meant free C compiler
2. for ms windows xp platform
3. I would attempt to use command line compiler (as a spare variant, I
need also GUI compiler (another )
4. by convenient i meant tool designed to compile code, not huge IDE
tool platform with plenty of tunings.

thanks.

Richard Heathfield wrote:
> Michael Mair said:
>> wrote:
>>
>>>need advice for convenient C/C++ compiler. I do web development mainly,
>>>i am not a programmer. Need compile few C source codes (ready). Compact
>>>EXE size matters.
>>
>>Please specify convenient:
>>- Which platform?
>
> Windows - betcha.
>
>>- GUI indispensable?
>
> Yes - betcha.
>
>>Or dare you the terror of the command line?
>
> What's a command line? - betcha.

All quite probable. However, the OP seemed to need some help in
getting started with the "smart questions". And, for me, a command
line for many things is a thousand times more convenient than a
GUI (which may hide too much)


Cheers
Michael
--
E-Mail: Mine is an /at/ gmx /dot/ de address.

On Windows, this is free as in beer and truly a pleasure to use.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...ualc/download/

Only thing you need to remember is to name all source files with .c for
C and .cpp for C++

On Linux you will be using gcc and I'd recommend ctags:
http://ctags.sourceforge.net/faq.html#1

pkirk25 wrote:
> On Windows, this is free as in beer and truly a pleasure to use.
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...ualc/download/

pleasure to use? I'll avoid it like the plague. gcc4life.

pkirk25 said:

> On Windows, this is free as in beer and truly a pleasure to use.
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ex...ualc/download/
>
> Only thing you need to remember is to name all source files with .c for
> C and .cpp for C++

That is generally true[1], not just true for Visual C. Perhaps you are
referring to "filename completion", whereby lazy gits don't bother typing
in *any* extension and simply assume instead that the IDE will be able to
guess what language they intend to use. Well, it tries. It doesn't try
terribly hard, though. In my case, the guess is wrong at least 99% of the
time.


[1] Some exceptions exist. For example, on some implementations .c means C
but .C (upper case) means C++. On others, C++ files are expected to end in
..cxx (turn your head slightly to one side). There are probably systems
where .c++ is expected. And of course there are some systems where the
concept of "file extension" is meaningless.

--
Richard Heathfield
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29/7/1999
http://www.cpax.org.uk
email: rjh at above domain (but drop the www, obviously)