Re: C++ Compilers for Windows, and a Good Book

  • From: "qubit" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:57:16 -0600

I haven't used either, but there used to be a C++ compiler from Borland, and 
also a compiler called "bloodshed".  Have these gone by the wayside? There 
was also a free one that used to be populer called dev++.  I haven't used it 
either, just remember a lot of people were using them for a while.
Lately only gcc and the Microsoft c++ compiler are being mentioned.
--le
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:29 PM
Subject: RE: C++ Compilers for Windows, and a Good Book


Hi,
I used to use Borland compiler, but since installing VS2008, I use VS for my
projects.
As for books, I read C++ Cookbook and Practical C++ Programming (O'Reilly
Books). I sometimes read Steve Heller's C++ A Dialogue (when I just started
learning about C++).
Cheers,
Joseph

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerneels Roos
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 4:59 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: C++ Compilers for Windows, and a Good Book

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.

-- 
Kerneels Roos
Cell: +27 (0)82 309 1998
Skype: cornelis.roos

"If one has the talent it pushes for utterance and torments one; it will
out; and then one is out with it without questioning. And, look you, there
is nothing in this thing of learning out of books. Here, here and here
(pointing to his ear, his head and his heart) is your school. If everything
is right there, then take your pen and down with it; afterward ask the
opinion of a man who knows his business."

(To a musically talented boy who asked Mozart how one might learn to
compose.)

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