Obtaining a Compiler

[Sir Ben]

You can go ahead a call me a noob, but I don't know how to find out if I have a compiler on my computer or not, and if I don't where I can download a free one. I would appreciate the help anybody has to offer.

[jsmith]

Well if you're using Windows, no, you mostly likely don't. If you are using Un*x, you might --
try typing gcc or cc and see if it finds the executable.

[Sir Ben]

I am using a Windows, so I guess I am stuck unless somebody can point me to a compiler. I have tried to use google to find one, but don't know what I should get.

[Danik]

I heard this one should be pretty good:

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

Or Visual C++

http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/

[jmc]

You can't have tried to google for one or you would have found one immediately: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=free+c%2B%2B+compiler

And Danik is right, Dev Cpp is a very nice IDE with compiler. Especially for its filesize.

[LacViet]

Go to this website. Check out their MinGW compiler. I love it so much...^_^...They also have a listing of like 20-30 other good stuff for C++, software development.

http://www.parinyasoft.com/download.html