which one is the best compiler for a beginner c user like me?

any compilers that support or partially support the latest standard (C99 and C89) the list is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C99#Implementations
on Linux system you probably already have gcc -just check the version to make sure it's the latest, if you're using windows then you can either build your gcc from source or get mingw to make your life easier or get an IDE plus compiler like Code::Blocks or Visual C++ Express

owh...most programmers use which compiler?

Can't answer that, never did the research. Try mingw-gcc or code::blocks if you're on windows

diff platform, diff compiler used...

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This post has been edited by ckuanglim: Apr 5 2011, 11:24 AM

I'm trying to start learning C now, and am getting a little confused with the compilers. I'm using Visual C++ 2010 Express. When I launch the UI, there's no option to compile the C language. There's a DOS prompt that works through notepad though. Is that the one for C? Where coding has to be done on a notepad?

Reis , i recommend u to use Pelles C , an IDE that adhere the C99 standard

For people doing X3D..

http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/README.X3D-Edit.html

Generally the command line M$ compiler will use C rules when compiling *.c sources and C++ rules when dealing with *.cpp files, i.e you just invoke "cl c_source.c" or "cl cpp_source.cpp" in the MS Visual Studio Command Prompt™.

Try Vim (www.vim.org) as an alternative to Notepad/PFE/Edit.com, it works very well in teh command prompt. But IMO the best is that you actually learn to use the MSVC++ IDE.

For those using a Mac, Xcode is free

LLVM is a pretty good replacement for GCC too

Development in Web in C#? Strongly encourage to use MVC.
-even more matured framework after release of MVC4
-Convention over Configuration (like RnR)
-MVC centric framework
-Gd Separation UI, Logic
-of course, open source now under CodePlex

Wonder anyone here using that extensively, maybe share your creation?


Development in WPF, must have debugger tools
-Snoop (Ok, only for those practise MVVM)

This post has been edited by GNeySoftware: Sep 12 2012, 11:54 AM

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Powerful PHP framework, one of the best out there.

Hi guys

Just wondering , is there anybody still using Clipper compiler ? :-)

Clipper compiler was developed by Nantucket, later bought by another company.. its for dbase or xbase language back then.

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Not to mention, integrating EmberJS to an existing server-side framework is sweet as well. Take for instance for Ruby on Rails, all that is required is having the following line included in the Gemfile of Rails: