free c/c++ compiler w/ directx/opengl
 

Is there any compiler that is free and supports DirectX and OpenGL? I know Dev C supports DirectX, but I could only find tutorials on how to install version 7 on an earlier version of Dev C.

direct x is a microsoft api and has no implementation in linux except possibly wine or wineX. opengl comes with XFree. gcc can be used in both these situations and its free.

in windows

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thats what i thought you meant but then i remembered this site is www.linuxquestions.org not www.windowsquestions.org
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sorry im just in a silly mood, more seriously - found this link in another thread http://www.bloodshed.net/compilers/index.html i havnt used windows in a loong time but i seem to remember that lcc-win32 support both opengl and directx but no c++, also the borland command line tools supported opengl but they were released ages ago so might not support the latest direct x

Is it just me or does windowsquestions.org redirect to linuxquestions.org??

yes it does ive noticed that, someones idea of a joke i think

You can use gcc in Windows - in fact that's the compiler which DevC++ uses.

Alex

yes but can you the direct x header files and libraries for it? thats the real problem

I see no reason why the header files from the SDK shouldn't work with it, why should there be a problem? Re the tutorial mentioned in the first post, doesn't it work for newer versions?

Alex

You can work with OpenGL in WIndows exactly the same way as in Linux - using GLUT. You just need to download and install the library (of course, it's not the only solution).