[olug] C++ compilers

[George De Bruin]

Wow - I didn't even know Open Watcom was out there.  I remember the Watcom
compiler from days past...at one time it had the best code optimization of
any C/C++ compiler out there...

George

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:13 AM, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 6:27 PM, John Serafino <lzrblade at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > GCC. The Gnu Compiler Collection, can do C and C++ quite well, I've been
> > able to recompile programs on windoze without changing a single line of
> > code.
> >
> > On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Kelly Williams
> > <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > I want to start playing with programming what would a good cross
> platform
> > C
> > > and C++ compiler.
> > >
> > > Kelly W
> >
>
>
> The language itself is fairly agnostic.  Underlying libraries (such as the
> C
> runtime, etc) is where hiccups are bound to occur.
>
> If you're on a linux box, gcc as a compiler collection is fairly standard
> and acceptable.
>
> Under Windows, Dev-C++ (devcpp ? dev-cpp? not sure what it goes by these
> days, used to be by... bloodshed software?) is an integrated environment
> wrapped around a version of gcc.  This should allow taking code from
> linux/devc++ and it being able to work on either platform fairly easily
> (and
> yes, it does C and C++).
>
> There are other .... gcc-ish dev kits under windows as well.  Some insist
> on
> more unixy path setup under windows and stuff which is a tad annoying.
>  Maybe I don't want my windows box to have a c:\etc\ tree.
>
> MacOSX is gcc by default.  Xcode and objective-C are a little unusual (from
> a given stand point).  But you should be able to write your c/c++ programs
> and have them compile like usual for the most part.
>
> Under DOS, djgpp is also a port/version of gcc.
>
> Beos has a gcc for it, etc.
>
> -------
>
> With all of that said, just to throw out another alternative to gcc stuff
> --
> open watcom.
>
> -------
>
> Your fun will become when you want to do stuff like, create a window with
> some buttons and other stuff on it.  Then the headaches begin :).
>
> Simple text / command line -- that's fairly system independent.  Graphical
> stuff not so much.
>
> -------
>
> -Will
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