C++ Compilers for Windows, and a Good Book

  • From: Kerneels Roos <kerneels@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:58:38 +0200

Hi list,
Apart from the MinGW suite and Cygwin that both provide GCC , are there any other compilers for C++ that you guys can recommend -- including commercial ones -- for Windows?
Last week I read a few chapters from the classic Thinking in C++ book available from www.mindview.com, and I was reminded again what an excellent language C++ still is. The book is really very good and comprises 2 volumes covering a lot of ground. C++ is not a simple language, with many, many features you can shoot yourself in the foot with, but that is the price of power, execution speed and flexibility, and maintaining compatibility with C (part of the design objectives of the language).
Most of us will probably not code business applications in C++, but I would encourage any serious programmer to study it to gain a deeper understanding of how Java and C# solves many of the difficult areas of C++ programming. If you fully understand the language and all it's features I think you might be able to code amazing applications and API's that will run fast and efficient. You will also be able to appreciate the contribution that more modern languages have made to the world of programming.
It will be very interesting to see what the future holds for C++. From what I can understand there seems to be an effort underway to establish a new standard for the language code named 0X. 
Regards.

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