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does anyone know of any C++ compilers for windows 7?
Looking for a C++ compiler for Windows 7
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Yes, you can try MinGW-w64. It's a 64-bit distribution of GCC for Windows. I think you want mingw-w64-1.0-bin_i686-mingw_20100702.zip. This distribution is actively maintained, and GCC has quite good support for modern C.
You could use the C compiler provided with Visual Studio 2010 (or probably 2008), just set your target type to x64 and compile .c files, you will get a 64-bit EXE.
Turbo C++ is very old, and the concepts and philosophies of IDE design as (as well as the language C++ compilers are compiling) have developed much further since.
You might try Code::Blocks or Eclipse, but I wouldn't expect a transition as smooth as going to the next version of Turbo C++. (Which weren't as smooth either, BTW. The latest of that series, BCC 5.0 was quite different to the old DOS TC environments, and even that got abandoned later in favor of the very different C++ Builder IDE.)
BTW, does it have to be GCC? Visual C++ Express is free also, the VC compiler isn't worse than GCC, and the IDE is quite good.
There are a few C++ IDEs with many features.
- Bloodshed Dev C++
- NetBeans C C++ IDE
- Eclipse CDT
- CodeBlocks
Also take a look at Cygwin which provides a linux like environment for Windows. If you are making console applications, using a good shell won't hurt.
friend wants to learn c++ but they cant update to windows 10, are there any ways for them to do it on windows 7?