C Compilers/ IDE's

[Jeff Johnson]

I'm looking for a good compiler that works from a command prompt instead of
a GUI.

Anything out there that will work that way under Windows 2000?

(Can VC++ 6.0 work that way somehow??)

[Ralph]

All of them do.

"Jeff Johnson" <johnsonjs@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I'm looking for a good compiler that works from a command prompt instead
of
>a GUI.
>
>Anything out there that will work that way under Windows 2000?
>
>(Can VC++ 6.0 work that way somehow??)

[David Kroll]

"Jeff Johnson" <johnsonjs@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>I'm looking for a good compiler that works from a command prompt instead
of
>a GUI.
>
>Anything out there that will work that way under Windows 2000?
>
>(Can VC++ 6.0 work that way somehow??)

Jeff:

I'll answer your last question first:

Yes, you can run the Visual C++ compiler from the command prompt. The name
of the compiler is cl.exe, and it is in the bin directory where you installed
Visual C++. If you want to compile hello.cpp, for instance, you can type:

cl /Fehello.exe hello.cpp

The /Fe option lets you specify the name and location of the exe file.

There are dozens of other command line flags for cl. Check out MSDN for
more details.

As far as other "command line" compilers go, there's the Win32 port of the
GNU C++ compiler, gcc. You can download the compiler from a variety of sources
on the Internet. THe Cygwin package includes gcc, as well as a whole bunch
of other UNIX-like tools (http://www.cygwin.com/).

http://www.humblecoder.com/

[Ed]

"David Kroll" <dgkroll@nospam.hotmail.nospam.com> wrote:
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>"Jeff Johnson" <johnsonjs@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>I'm looking for a good compiler that works from a command prompt instead
>of
>>a GUI.
>>
>>Anything out there that will work that way under Windows 2000?
>>
>>(Can VC++ 6.0 work that way somehow??)
>
>Jeff:
>
>I'll answer your last question first:
>
>Yes, you can run the Visual C++ compiler from the command prompt. The name
>of the compiler is cl.exe, and it is in the bin directory where you installed
>Visual C++. If you want to compile hello.cpp, for instance, you can type:
>
>cl /Fehello.exe hello.cpp
>
>The /Fe option lets you specify the name and location of the exe file.
>
>There are dozens of other command line flags for cl. Check out MSDN for
>more details.
>
>As far as other "command line" compilers go, there's the Win32 port of the
>GNU C++ compiler, gcc. You can download the compiler from a variety of
sources
>on the Internet. THe Cygwin package includes gcc, as well as a whole bunch
>of other UNIX-like tools (http://www.cygwin.com/).
>
>http://www.humblecoder.com/
>
>
>
>

Also, Borland/Inprise gives there compiler away Their command line version
is available for download at their web site.