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1. C
Compilers & IDEs
When faced with a decision, I always
ask, "What would be the most fun?"
Peggy Walker
In the name of God
© 2006 NematAllah Ahmadyan. Introduction to Programming course [ce153c]

2. Programmer
C
Compiler
OS
&
CPU
Beyond
Our
Scope

3. IDEs
 Integrated Development Environment
 They have all the tools integrated
• Editor
• Compiler
• Debugger
• [Publisher]
• [Documentaries ]

4. Famous IDEs
 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
 Dev-Cpp 5
 Emacs/Vim + gcc + gdb
 Eclipse IDE 3.2
 Borland Turbo C / C++ Builder
 Metrowerks CodeWarrior
 KDeveloper

5. Famous Compiler + Debugger
 Microsoft C/C++ compiler [ cl.exe ]
• Old microsoft QuickC + Microsoft C/C++
 GNU GCC – G++ Compiler | gdb 3.2 , 4.0
[Win,Linux,Unix,Solaris]
 Intel C/C++ compiler [Win,Linux]
 Borland TurboC / C Compiler 5.6.4 [Windows] + Kylix
3.0 [Linux]
 Watcom C, Open Watcom
 Apple GCC 3.3, 4.0 on Mac OS X.
 HP C++ for Tru64 UNIX 7.1.
 Metrowerks CodeWarrior 9.5 [OS X, Windows]

6. Know your Compiler
 Use the most of your compiler
 Be Aware of compiler specific syntax, which is not supported by
ANSI/ISO C
• Example:
• Microsoft C/C++ 8 : [ defining an array trough cli ]
• int *rint[,] = new int *[10, 10];
•gcc:
•long long
• <?= and >?=

7. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
 It’s from Microsoft.
 Uses Microsoft .net C/C++ compiler
 Based on .net 2
 Also support other language [ basic, J#, C#, Pascal! … ]
 Too expensive! But first class IDE.
 Complete suite [ compiler, framework, Editor,
Debugger, Publisher, MSDN, etc.]
 Compiler command:
• cl main.c
• cl /c main.c

8. Dev-CPP
 Free-OpenSource-GCC base [ included ]
 Compatible with gcc & gdb
 For windows!
 CVS support

9. Eclipse
 Sponsored by IBM
 IDE for Java ( mostly )/ Cpp/ Python/ GWT …
 For both Windows and Linux

10. TurboC / C++Builder
 Made by Borland
 Small & Easy but inefficient
 For DOS, altough it runs under windows too.
 The borland company was bought by
Microsoft, nowadays a new version of
C++Builder has been released.

11. Linux/Unix Environment
 The programmer’s heaven!
 Birthplace of GCC.
 KDeveloper!
 Emacs [ just Editor + gdb ]
 VIM [ just Editor + make ]

12. Additional Resource:
 Deitel & Deitel C++ How to program
• Chapter 1 Section 14 and 16
 DEITEL® DIVE INTO™ Series
[www.deitel.com/books/downloads.html ]
 MSDN
 TLDP [ www.tldp.org ]