Re: C++03 IDE+compiler for Windows / educational purposes

From:

"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:39:35 +0100

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* Ioannis Vranos:

Do you know of any decent free simple C++03 IDE+compiler for Windows for
use in a classroom? I know Dev-C++/MINGW but "long double" doesn't work
always correctly there.

Well, if g++ isn't good enough for long double, and considering that
Visual C++ long double is the same as double, i.e. no special long
double type, I guess your only option would be to try to combine e.g.
CodeBlocks or Eclipse IDE with Digital Mars compiler or the like.

However, is "long double" that important (and btw., what's the problem
with g++ and long double?)?

If it isn't all important, go for g++ with CodeBlocks, or Visual C++
with Visual Studio Express, both free. Also note that Microsoft is
giving away the Professional edition of Visual Studio to students, for
free. I guess the teacher must buy it... ;-)

Cheers, & hth.,

- Alf

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