I' Learning how to program in c++ and i need a compiler...is the microsoft one any good?

nope, go with bloodshed c++ (dev-c++)


it can be found here


http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html


download the beta 5.2 from sourceforge


its a great one

I' Learning how to program in c++ and i need a compiler...is the microsoft one any good?
I would suggest learning it in Linux where you can use the g++ compiler. But if you want to stick to windows I would suggest the microsoft compiler or Borland compiler. Both are free.
Reply:Yeah you got the Visual C++ .NET 2005 edition that is a free IDE, you also have some smaller IDE's like the Dev C++





http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html





You might find the one from DevCPP a little easier to work with at first depending on what your doing, the C++ IDE from windows is better, but its also a bit more complicated.
Reply:As others have stated, Dev C++ from bloodshed is probably the IDE and compiler you want to use. The compiler used is actually the gcc/g++ compiler used on just about every platform around. If you are just learning and not sure if you really and to be a computer programmer, Visual C++ is very expensive.





There's also the fact that NOTHING Microsoft makes ever follows standards (You can't lock people into using your crappy software that way). So if you learn the Microsoft way of programming, it may not work on a more standards compliant compiler like gcc.





Good luck.
Reply:Turbo c++ is useful and most frequently used compiler or use microsoft borland for more effective and upgraded version.
Reply:If you're learning, it might be best to start with something that doesn't get in your way too much, and yet is easy to use.





In Windows, Microsoft's %26lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/express/v... C++ Express Edition%26lt;/a%26gt; is completely free and with no restrictions on what you can produce or distribute. This, I predict, will be a very easy compiler for you to use, but some of the starter templates (e.g. Console Application) may give you a lot of extra code by default that you don't need.





In Windows you can also download %26lt;a href="http://www.cygwin.com"%26gt;Cygwin%26lt;/a%26gt;, which can install the free and widely-used gcc compiler (make sure you select gcc from the Cygwin install program (under the "Devel" node in the packages tree)!).





If you're in a Unix (e.g. Linux) system, I recommend using gcc :-)





Take care, and good luck!





If you're on a UNIX