Compiled Language Users, What Compiler do you use?

If you use any "Professional" Language, such as C++, C, C#, BASIC, Lua, Python, etc, and you compile it instead of interpreting it, post what Compiler you use here.

I use TDM MinGW32 GCC 4.4.1 for C++.

bloodshed.

bloodshed is king of games.

Bloodshed? You mean Bloodshed Dev-C++? That's an IDE, not a Compiler, silly! Bloodshed Dev-C++ uses MinGW32 GCC 3.4.5.

saying "Bloodshed" gives far more insight into how I code than saying "MinGW"

if I said MinGW well hell, I could be using anything

uh

well afaik lua has two compilers; the built in one and a jit engine

so uh idk maybe it has a java one too idgaf

The IDE does not determine how you code. It just gives you a graphical interface so you do not need to do things like create a makefile or type in the compiling commands in the command line.

Saying you use MinGW usually means you are using the official version of Minimalist GNU for Windows, which uses the outdated GCC 3.4.5. This thread is to discuss which compilers people use, not which IDEs people use. Besides, the compiler usually determines how you code, since Microsoft's Visual C++ Compiler uses completely different libraries from GCC, there are many warnings/errors in Visual C++ that are not in GCC, and Vice-Versa.

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Sep 12 2009, 11:03 PM

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Within the scope of MinGW (which you can infer I use from the fact that I use Bloodshed) there's a huge difference between using command line and using an IDE like Bloodshed.

Christ, why are you being so picky about this?

Considering they're merely passing it as a command line to the same exact compiler, I'd say it's quite different!

Also, I use C++ and Code::Blocks. I use the GCC for Linux and MinGW for Windows, obviously. Both 32-bit; 64-bit will mess up on older computers.

Using the Command Line instead of an IDE should not effect the way you program with the actual language. It just effects the way you compile.

Also, Retro's Post.

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Sep 12 2009, 11:30 PM

C/C++ is the only language I traditionally compile, and for that I use whatever fits best for the task at hand (MSVC++, MinGW, or GCC).

Everything else is fuzzy. Even Java isn't really being compiled when you run javac to produce your class files, but rather the JVM is doing all the heavy lifting by compiling that bytecode into "machine code", typically in a JIT setting.

Ah, but Java does compile to a Bytecode, correct? That is still compiling, just not compiling into an Executable such as PE or ELF.

I use a little bit of C++, nothing to signif
Most coding i do is GML, but I dont think that counts.

It behaves more like a preprocessor or an assembler. Java bytecode can be converted back to Java source code almost 1-1, you just lose symbol names in the process.

I use MinGW when programming in C. Mostly I have programmed changes to MegaZeux in C, and added a Forth interpreter to allow programming in Forth without recompiling MegaZeux.

I've used Python for three years and recently I have started Vala.

Visual Studio C# compiler. I don't know, I haven't seen anybody here yet that programs in C#...

And for good reason, too. :/

Meh, C# is more of a "for-fun" language. It's actually pretty slow, and very similar to C++, but it's much easier than Languages that don't use .NET. C# Applications should also work on Macs and Linux Distros if they have Mono installed, so that's a Plus.

This post has been edited by OniLink10 on Oct 1 2009, 07:15 PM

Which works as well as WINE.

Also, for the record, C# is far more resembling of Java than of C++.

Yeah, I can do quite a bit with Java too but I prefer C#.