The GNU compiler here worked for XP and earlier SOME NOTES ON PROGRAMMING IN "C" (CPP or C++) There is one free C or C++ compiler available with which this program has been tested. http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html about the C products http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html download options If you have no C nor C++ at all, then you should download the full system Dev-C++ 5.0 beta 9.2 (4.9.9.2) (9.0 MB) with Mingw/GCC 3.4.2 Dev-C++ version 4.9.9.2, includes full Mingw compiler system with GCC 3.4.2 and GDB 5.2.1 See NEWS.txt for changes in this release. |
This installed on win64 Vista the same as it did on win32 XP. The programs worked first time. |
C C + + C# (C sharp) |
On Windows 8 this crashes on compile of even a simple source program. Jan 14, 2014, see above for an IDE that works. |
For Windows 8, use the following:- The notes below refer to a download of C++ that fails in Windows 8. For Windows 8, the following links were used:- http://www.windows8downloads.com/win8-dev-c--wdoxnrth/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/orwelldevcpp/?source=dlp this was the resulting compiler/IDE:- Dev-Cpp 5.5.3 TDM-GCC x64 4.7.1 Setup.exe This installed and ran first time with no problems. Jan 14, 2014 |
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A "C" program with old fashioned 1960s graphics |
A "C#" C sharp program with modern "canvas" graphics |
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