64 bit compilers

[Paul Richards]

Are there any free c/c++ compilers which will allow compilation
targeting 64 bit WIndows 7?

 

[John]

Are there any free c/c++ compilers which will allow compilation
targeting 64 bit WIndows 7?

Apparently Intel does, see
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intelr-compilers-for-linux-under-fedora/

The cite is for Fedora but you should be able to glean enough
information there to locate a source that fits your usage.

From a cursory reading it looks as though the main difference is in
the libraries.


John B.

 

[GreyCloud]

Are there any free c/c++ compilers which will allow compilation
targeting 64 bit WIndows 7?

You might try http://gcc.gnu.org/

 

[Paul Richards]

You might try http://gcc.gnu.org/

Thanks for the replies, guys.

What about the MinGW toolchain which uses the GCC software? I've found
the mingw-w64 sourceforge.net project which describes itself as "a
complete runtime environment for gcc to support binaries native to
Windows 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems". I presume this will be OK
on Windows 7 - am I correct in that assumption?

For IDEs I have used Code::Blocks, Notepad++ and NetBeans on previous
occasions.

 

[GreyCloud]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

What about the MinGW toolchain which uses the GCC software? I've found
the mingw-w64 sourceforge.net project which describes itself as "a
complete runtime environment for gcc to support binaries native to
Windows 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems". I presume this will be OK
on Windows 7 - am I correct in that assumption?

For IDEs I have used Code::Blocks, Notepad++ and NetBeans on previous
occasions.

NetBeans should work with the MinGW set. Of course I've used Netbeans
on Solaris and it works ok, albeit it is different in trying to pull in
outside files into a project... which is what you have to create before
you can compile and run the program. Use the latest MinGW as I
understand it will work with Win7. GCC has a switch...

gcc -m64 -o filename filename.c the -m64 switch compiles to 64-bit.

You have to realize that the standard gcc was designed for unix and
linux oses. The MinGW is a port of gcc to windows. So, a lot of
reading is in order.

 

[Paul Richards]

NetBeans should work with the MinGW set. Of course I've used
Netbeans on Solaris and it works ok, albeit it is different in trying
to pull in outside files into a project... which is what you have to
create before you can compile and run the program. Use the latest
MinGW as I understand it will work with Win7. GCC has a switch...

gcc -m64 -o filename filename.c the -m64 switch compiles to
64-bit.

You have to realize that the standard gcc was designed for unix and
linux oses. The MinGW is a port of gcc to windows. So, a lot of
reading is in order.

Thanks for the comment. I shall be polishing my reading spectacles!