Bloodshed c++ is free but i found it lacking as opposed to other IDE's On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Felipe Sodré Silva <[email protected]>wrote:
> MinGW + Eclipse is a good free alternative to VS. > There's also Bloodshed C++, although I'm not pretty sure if it's free or > trial. > > > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:54 AM, Liu Cheng <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is required that your codes could compile by a free compiler. So >> you can use the IDE you bought but you should make sure that your code >> will work with some free compiler. >> >> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:36 PM, tonka <[email protected]> wrote: >> > is it required that one must use express versions of the visual studio >> > or can i use the one that i bought a couple of years back? >> > >> > On May 20, 11:02 am, Liu Cheng <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You can download VS2008 Express / VS2010 Express at: >> http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:53 AM, tonka <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > thanks abotaleb, i only downloaded the header files but still >> whenever >> >> > i use #include<stl/vector> it shows 33 errors like multiple >> >> > declaration of pair etc( i have vector in my VC++ include folder >> also- >> >> > is that causing the conflict? i have also included the path of the >> stl >> >> > folder in the include directories of my compiler. am i missing >> >> > something? >> >> >> >> > carlos, >> >> > since you said that VC++ 6.0 doesn't have a free version so i assume >> >> > that visual studio 8.0 must be available for free download. could you >> >> > please recommend a website from where i should download VS 8.0? >> >> > thanks a lot for the help again. >> >> > tonka. >> >> >> >> > On May 20, 1:47 am, Carlos Guia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I would strongly suggest using a newer version of Visual >> >> >> Studio, especially 2005 (v 8.0) or newer. >> >> >> >> >> 1) Version 6.0 is somewhat a rule violation since it doesn't have a >> free >> >> >> (express edition) version. >> >> >> 2) Problem 1 isn't that big if the code you write is standard enough >> to work >> >> >> on newer VC++ or g++, but VC++ 6.0 has some standard violations, so >> you >> >> >> may accidentally end up writing code that only works in that version >> and >> >> >> won't be able to defend yourself as version 6.0 is not allowed. >> >> >> 3) Newer versions have a better compiler, usually with faster >> generated code >> >> >> and fully functional STL already inside. >> >> >> >> >> However, even though newer version have full STL, it isn't the >> fastest >> >> >> implementation out there. If you still want to use a different STL >> >> >> implementation I recommend you check STLport athttp:// >> stlport.sourceforge.net/. >> >> >> >> >> Carlos Guía >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:40 PM, tonka <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> > i am currently using microsoft visual C++ 6.0 and last night i >> >> >> > downloaded the standard template library which i found quite >> helpful >> >> >> > after reading in a website. but the problem is that some of the >> header >> >> >> > files in the STL are also present in the include folder of VC++ >> like >> >> >> > vector, dequeue etc. So do i replace these with the ones that are >> in >> >> >> > the downloaded STL folder or do i keep both. I tried keeping both >> but >> >> >> > when i compile it says that there are multiple declarations. there >> are >> >> >> > also some header files in the STL folder that are not present in >> the VC >> >> >> > ++. Moreover the files that are common in both don't contain the >> same >> >> >> > thing in them - so which one to keep? i would really like the pros >> to >> >> >> > advise here. >> >> >> > thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> >> > -- >> >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >> >> > "google-codejam" group. >> >> >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> . >> >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> >> > [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> >> <google-code%2bunsubscr...@googlegr oups.com> >> >> >> > . >> >> >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >> >> >http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "google-codejam" group. >> >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> >> . >> >> >> For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> >> >> >> > -- >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "google-codejam" group. >> >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> >> . >> >> > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "google-codejam" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> >> . >> >> For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "google-codejam" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "google-codejam" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "google-codejam" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-code%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > -- Jawad Rashid -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. 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