C/C++ : GCC or CL compilers

[codenamevirus]

hi everyone

can somebody explain in detail the "C/C++ : GCC or CL compilers".

like what it is? why are they used for? there feature, characterstics, strengths n weaknesses!

where i can get more knowledge abt them from, etc.

[SirDice]

GCC is the GNU C/C++ compiler and is the de facto standard for Un*x (-like) systems. It's Open Source... CL, IIRC, is part of MS's Visual C++ package..

They're both used to compile/build C/C++ source code into executables.

[codenamevirus]

Hi SirDice, from where can I learn more of it.....

do u hav any link or source which can help me gettin familiar with these things, the codin n stuff!
thnx

[Trevoke]

gcc.gnu.org ?
Also, you may want to look around you for a programming course.
This might help : http://www.techtutorials.info/cgen.html

[SirDice]

Originally posted here by codenamevirus
Hi SirDice, from where can I learn more of it.....

do u hav any link or source which can help me gettin familiar with these things, the codin n stuff!
thnx

Google is your friend..

http://www.its.strath.ac.uk/courses/c/
http://devcentral.iticentral.com/art...++/default.php
http://www.google.com/search?q=c+programming+tutorial

[whizkid2300]

you can also do a man. and get information on it... It is probably the best result for it.

[codenamevirus]

One thing, I wud like to know is!

what does the following mean?

"You will need to have working knowledge of C/C++ : GCC or CL compilers"

Do i need to get myself prone to Microsoft Visual c/c++ or somethin else?

[csl]

i'm gonna take a stab in the dark, you're interested in the code4bill project that microsoft is offering to students in india... what they mean by that statement is that you will need a fairly advanced/intermediate at minimum knowledge of c/c++ using either gcc, the gnu compiler collection or cl, the microsoft command line compiler from vs.

[codenamevirus]

well, i do have a gud workin knowledge of the C/C++.

what they want is, the workin knowledge of c/c++ using GCC n CL. Is that what u want to say?

then, this means that they require programming to be done in the Vc++, am i right?

But, I only hav worked in the Turbo C/c++ and the K-Develop in the Linux.
For, getting used to VC++ in this case, can u provide me with stuff, which will make grasp it quickly. I searched at Google and also browsed the links provided above, but they all started in elementary manner.

So what I want is a tutorial or any kinda information, which will tell me the basic differences between the Turbo c/c++ and Visual c/c++, so that I can make myself cope up with the requirements of the Code4Bill.

[Juridian]

http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/a...l#SEC_Contents