On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 09:20, John Popplewell wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 02:08:38AM -0500, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> > Doesn't Intel offer a free compiler that you can use?
> > I think it even drops right into Visual Studio, in case
> > you like that environment.
> > 
> I don't think it's free. There is mention of $399.

That's if you want suport, or want to do a for-pay project.
There's an eveluation and education version that you are
allowed to use for stuff like Tux Paint. (last I checked)

Intel supports some of the special gcc features too.

> > There's also gcc for Windows.
> I'm going to have a go at using the VC built libraries, and build Tux
> Paint with the MinGW/MSYS tools.
> 
> I've had limited success in the past though, successfully building SDL
> and a few other libraries but horrible auto* problems or no support at
> all for the other dependencies

I had enough trouble on an AMD64 system once.

> I think I'll have a look at the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003 that
> they are giving away as well.

Ah yes, I forgot that one. You can get the command-line
compiler for free, right? It should plug right into your
existing Visual Studio.


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