Re: Which compiler for a learner of C?

pkirk25 wrote:
Jacob,

First off, let me say I respect waht you have already achieved.

As is often the case when people start with flowery openings, I'm
afraid I must say that your compiler is not for me.

For my first try, i just said no to usign a wizard for ny "hello world"
application.

The editor behaves like a DOS EDIT program. No syntax highlighting, no
folding, just a text file. vi with ctags is more user friendly.

Obvious. You named your file "main" and NOT "main.c". The editor
can't know which language you use.


Files are saved with the name you give them. My "hello world" failed
to compile because I didn't save the file as main.c as opposed to main.


Yes. Since 30 years (more or less) C programs are saved in files that
have the .c extension. If you want to innovate, sorry but the
editor doesn't know about it.

I then tried the wizard. It presented me with 62 lines of code!


Yes. So what?

Usual options like Ctrl-A for the Editor to Select All didn't work.

As I have no idea which of the 62 lines are essential to my "Hello
World" appliaction and which are not, I quit.


There is a routine to parse arguments, and a help message already
in the skeleton for a program. But if you can't read plain C...
well you have to learn it.


So far, so hard for a learner. Then I did get annoyed about the
documentation.

Documentation in pdf? Really, given that the web is over 15 years old,
there is no excuse for using pdf where html offers more ease of use.


The documentation is in CHM form. You access with the "Help" button in
the IDE. The PDF is a tutorial.

Microsoft with a building full of IDE experts on the Washington campus
edged you. I hope that isn't too hurtful.

No

Thanks for the link and work you have done.


You are welcome.
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