Best compiler to learn C++ ?

Blacklight · 11-01-09, 09:37 PM

I've finally decided to start writing some applications for my PC. I've decided to begin learning C++. Now, my question is, what compiler is the best for a total newb to learn with and is there anything else I'll need besides the compiler ?

I tried the most recent Micro$oft's Visual C++, and it completely confused me so much that I couldn't follow anything in my C++ tutorial books that I'm learning from. Also, that program took up a CRAZY amount of space on my hard drive, AND it was a BEAR to uninstall because it installed several dozen programs that if you uninstalled one in the wrong order, all the stuff that's left in there is stuck in there. I had to manually go and delete everything, and then I had to fix LOTS of stuff in my registry to make the stuff totally gone.

Should I give Micro$oft's compiler another go or should I look elsewhere ?

11-01-09, 09:37 PM	#1
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Best compiler to learn C++ ? I've finally decided to start writing some applications for my PC. I've decided to begin learning C++. Now, my question is, what compiler is the best for a total newb to learn with and is there anything else I'll need besides the compiler ? I tried the most recent Micro$oft's Visual C++, and it completely confused me so much that I couldn't follow anything in my C++ tutorial books that I'm learning from. Also, that program took up a CRAZY amount of space on my hard drive, AND it was a BEAR to uninstall because it installed several dozen programs that if you uninstalled one in the wrong order, all the stuff that's left in there is stuck in there. I had to manually go and delete everything, and then I had to fix LOTS of stuff in my registry to make the stuff totally gone. Should I give Micro$oft's compiler another go or should I look elsewhere ? __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"