Re: Which compiler for a learner of C?

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:12:11 +0200, in comp.lang.c , jacob navia
<jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Richard Heathfield wrote:
pkirk25 said:
I own a legit copy of Visual C++ 6.0

Its nice but it is 10 years old and aimed at C++.

It still does C just fine, though. It's a very good C compiler with a fine
IDE. In fact, on the rare occasions when I use Windows, it's my C compiler
of choice. (And I'm Mr Anti-Microsoft!)

The flaw that I pointed out doesn't disturb you of course:

<snip code example>

The libraries are not in phase with the compiler (gcc).
The program compiles with no warnings under Bloodshed,
but it gives wrong results.

I'm struggling to understand why you think a flaw in Bloodshed is even
remotely relevant to Richard's comment about Visual C++ 6.0

What flaws are concerned, you seem to be very selective...

Or possibly, he reads carefully before typing.
--
Mark McIntyre

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
--Brian Kernighan
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