basic compiler

ryedunn · 09-26-2005, 09:06 AM

Ive been coding C C++ for only a few weeks and mostly in MS. I looking for some advice on a good compiler for a newbie.

jtshaw · 09-26-2005, 09:12 AM

Well, probably the best compiler out there is good old GCC. It is straight forward to use for Newbies or advanced users. At some point you probably want to check out Make which allows you to right scripts to build your code so you don't have to type longish compile command lines each time.

Code:

#include<stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello World\n");
    return 0;
}

Code:

j_shaw@jshaw ~ $ gcc -Wall -o test test.c
j_shaw@jshaw ~ $ ./test
Hello World

ryedunn · 09-26-2005, 09:30 AM

and do you just use vi for an editor?

jtshaw · 09-26-2005, 09:36 AM

Personally? I use vim. Realistically you can use whatever you want so long as it doesn't put stupid smart quotes or any other psuedo characters in the file.

ryedunn · 09-26-2005, 09:57 AM

First of all thanks for the help.

This is a bit different than Im used to so if I wanted some type of editor which could help show me mistakes or errors while editing (if possilbe) what would you recommend?

Actually I do see where it tells me the line the error is in, so I guess its not that bad.. .just might take some getting used to.

Code:

complete.c: In function 'valid':
complete.c:62: warning: suggest explicit braces to avoid ambiguous 'else'
complete.c:58: warning: unused variable 'negCount'

jtshaw · 09-26-2005, 10:00 AM

Also keep in mind you can run some commands (like make) from within VIM and it'll automatically take you to the first error reported. (emacs will do this as well)

As far as something that will automatically tell you what errors you have, some of the IDE's might do that but I'll let someone else comment on that as I don't use any of them.