Derek wrote:
Hi,
I am taking introductory C++ in college, and we use MS Visual C++ in
class. :-(
I want to be independent from Microsoft (or as independent as I can be
while developing on Windows!) Are there any good, easy-to-use GNU
compilers for windows? What do you recommend?
Thanks,
Derek
Yeah...
mingw is a direct port,
cygwin is a POSIX port, which then ports the tools using POSIX.
mingw is faster and more minimal
cygwin has everything you would expect in a Linux distribution
Both have shells (sh, bash) ported to windows.
The Bloodshed DevC++ mentioned by the other poster uses mingw by
default, but it can be set up to use cygwin.
DevC++ is open source and cross platform, so the same development
environment can theoretically be used on many platforms (nice)
Good luck,
Brian