Have you tried Eclipse? If you get the cdt plugin, it's very c-friendly. Regards, Alex M On 7/29/10, Øyvind Lode <oyvind.lode@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well said Bill! > Personally I don't like the Visual Studio IDE though. > VS C++ 2008 don't like C so to hell with it! > I just tried it again and yes I selected General and General empty project > when I created the project. > Then I typed in the code editor: > > #include <stdio.h> > > int main() > { > printf("Hello World!\n"); > return 0; > } > > But now way. > As soon as I type the closing brace VS deletes it... > > I'm starting to think that maybe the Express Edition don't support ANSI-C. > Anyway I'm currently much happier to do my coding in EdSharp and manually > compile with GCC. > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Gallik > Sent: 29. juli 2010 22:58 > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Is Visual C++ Accessible - Was: C++ and I are getting divorced. > > May be just me, but I'm detecting the beginning of some surliness on this > thread. There are a number of programming languages available for us to > use. And I personally don't believe that one's choice of which language has > > anything to do with that person's psyche rather than the choice of the IT > shop or what they've heard about the various languages. > > C is a very good programming language, Pascal is a very good programming > language, I'm sure that Python is likewise a very good programming language. > > Are each equally appropriate for each and every project, I seriously doubt > it. But I don't think it is appropriate for anybody participating on this > thread to cast dispersions on anybody else's character. > > For Pete's sake, a programming language is a tool -- not a way of life. > Some folks prefer pliers, others prefer Vice-Grips; doesn't make anybody bad > > people! > ---- > Holland's Person, Bill > E-Mail: BillGallik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese! > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind