[ale] C Compiler for Linux

[Jim Lynch]

On 06/24/2011 05:09 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:
> Hi Rich,
>
> Even though we've discussed some of this on the phone, I thought I'd 
> share it with the group.
>
> I've been threatening to relearn programming for 15 years, and I'm 
> hoping to actually carry out the threat.  15 years ago, I programmed 
> in Clipper, a C like database language.  I posted a thread a few 
> months back on this list talking about developing in C#.  However, the 
> people here convinced me that C++ would be better.  I now hope to plow 
> through the book "Programming Principles and Practice Using C++" by 
> Bjarne Stroustrup (the inventor of C++).  I'm hoping to do cross 
> platform development.  I'm going to use Visual C++ Express on Windows, 
> which is free.  On Linux, I've hit on the GCC compiler, as suggested 
> by others.  I don't know how to use the make system, at this point, 
> but compiling small programs with a few source files seems to be very 
> simple.  I believe you can go through this entire book without an 
> IDE.  I know that the gedit editor in Ubuntu does syntax highlighting 
> and auto indention for C / C++ files.  I'll probably start out using 
> that.  I may also try VIM as I've had just enough experience with VI 
> in the past to be dangerous.  (I basically know the insert, delete 
> line, and write file commands.)  Obviously, I would have to learn more 
> about VIM for serious programming, but you can do a lot with just 
> those commands, although not very efficiently.  By the way, this book 
> also talks about a cross platform minimal graphics toolkit called FLTK 
> (faster than light toolkit, I think) which can be used to put basic 
> windows and buttons on the screen, etc.  When I graduate to an IDE, 
> I'll probably try NetBeans or Eclipse.  I believe Eclipse can run on 
> Windows too.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
> On 4/20/2011 11:47 PM, Richard Faulkner wrote:
>> Can anyone point me to a preferred C compiler or developer 
>> environment for Fedora 12-14?  Time to play code monkey and don't 
>> want to do it on a Window$ box (for which I've done C++ in the past 
>> upon).
>>
>> Thanks!   RinL
>
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Is there a question in there?

It kind of depends on how involved you want to be in developing 
programs.  Vi or vim is a pretty powerful editor and IIRC can be 
configured as an editor in eclipse and maybe netbeans.  If you want to 
just casually program in C++ you might want to stay away from any of the 
IDEs.  There's a big learning curve for either of them.  Once you have 
gotten over that there's probably a productivity increase using them.

Of course there is a learning curve to vim too, but not as significant 
as an IDE.

How deep do you want to get into programming in C++?  That will guide 
you as to what route to take.

I've been programming in c/c++ since the lat 70's and have used both 
netbeans and eclipse.  I still mostly use gnu make, automake, autoconf, 
libtool, etc.  I've found the IDEs get in the way.  But that's my opinion.

There's a learning curve to any of these methods.  You probably need to 
try a few and see which fits you best.

Jim.

Jim.

Jim.