Best compiler for C & C++

[salman]

Hello,

I need your advise on selecting the best compiler for C and C++

Upon Googling, I found out

Turbo C/C++
Dev C++
Codeblocks
.
.
etc

Have you used any of these ? If yes, then do let me know which has the best user interface ?

Thanks !

At my institution, I use linux compiler and I love its interface ! But have no idea regarding windows based compilers !

[windfinder]

Microsoft Visual C++ Express is free.

It has a wonderful IDE and the compiler is a lot more standards compliant than it used to be.

[salman]

Microsoft Visual C++ Express is free.

It has a wonderful IDE and the compiler is a lot more standards compliant than it used to be.

Thanks for the suggestion... will look into it ! BTW are Visual studio express and visual c++ express one and the same?

[windfinder]

Yes they are the same.

But make sure you download the one for C++. There are express editions for Visual Basic.Net and C# too.

[sjeeta]

You can also use Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web. It can be downloaded from Microsoft website and upon registering you will get your product key. There won't be any fee. You will get lots of other tools with it.

Download | Microsoft Visual Studio 2012

[Arianna]

MSVC is probably the best Windows compiler
also you can download from the website of microsoft etc..

[Bond]

I suggest you c++ It's quality and more features. I always prefer C++.

[salman]

I suggest you c++ It's quality and more features. I always prefer C++.

Dude ... I was looking for a compiler !

Anyways I found Visual studio helpful ...

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