Any Free C Compilers Out There?

[Wanabe]

I currently have a C textbook that came with a bogous CD that was supposed to have a C compiler on it. Does anyone know of any downloadable free C compilers out there?

Thanks!

[Felix]

for DOS, here:
http://www.delorie.com/

for windows, here:
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin
Though it is a bit unix geared (read the website)

A free, multi-purpose code editor (i.e. C, html, ...) is here:
http://www.arachnoid.com/index.html

I didn't use the C compilers. I used arachnophilia for my web pages. It's great. Hope the compilers are also.

If you want a free compiler for true Windows GUI software then I guess you can use them but you must puzzle the link to the WinAPI "by hand". If you need the ease of use of M$ Visual C++ IDE then I assume there is no way, go and buy visual studio (and be a poor man afterwards)

I can be wrong with my thoughts since I'm not a C++ expert. At least I've answered your question about free compilers...

[paulpittaway]

I found a few good compilers at the Borland Community site.There i downloaded a full 9 Meg older version of C which i now use.To get this free software all you have to do is subscribe to their site(free)which involves a short questionaire and supplying your email address.You can then log into their site at any time by logging in with a password.
Go to http://www.borland.com and sign up.It's worth it.

[Mr_Wobble]

Borland also do a free C++ compiler (which I believe supports C too), JBuilder 3.5 if you fancy a go at Java. And on the Java theme, Sun have a Java compiler for free, and Forte (a GUI for programming in Java) for free too.

Have Fun!

Mr_Wobble ;-)

[Cymbeline]

For C++ programming, I prefer to use versions of GCC (DJ Delorie's port of GCC, DJGPP, is pretty powerful; it was what I used before converting to Linux). If you want to do Windows development, you can try Mingw32(sp?) or RSXNT for that. Both compilers are GCC variants that are designed for Windows programming.

Cymbeline