Good C++ compiler

[Veltas]

I wasn't sure whether this belonged in beginner because it's a bit of a newbish question, but can anyone suggest a good console compiler and linker for Linux? I'm using Kubuntu specifically if you're wondering.

[1yR4jE8b]

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Installs everythign you need to write basic C/C++ programs

gcc

is the c compiler command

g++

is the c++ compiler command

I recommend you start learning about Makefiles as well.

[Veltas]

Thanks!

Makefiles?

[1yR4jE8b]

http://mrbook.org/tutorials/make/

[brokenbot]

gcc dude...

[Veltas]

brokenbot wrote:

gcc dude...

Yeah darkestfright mentioned that, but that's a C compiler, what use is that?

[ProgrammingNoob]

Code::Blocks. Can be downloaded from the Software Center. Happy Coding :)

[Moschops]

It stands for the GNU Compiler Collection. It does contain a C compiler, true. The GCC also supports C++, Java, Ada, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Fortran, Go, Modula-2, Modula-3, Pascal, PL/I, D, Mercury, and VHDL.

Yeah darkestfright mentioned that, but that's a C compiler, what use is that?

You don't know what a C compiler is useful for? Take a guess :)

[Veltas]

I'm looking for a good C++ compiler, hence the title. So, I wasn't sure why the gcc command would be of use. Now I see that gcc is not only the command but also the name of the suite that also encompasses g++.

ProgrammingNoob wrote:

Code::Blocks. Can be downloaded from the Software Center. Happy Coding :)

Gee thanks, but I was looking for a console linker, not a GUI IDE, and I've got one now, but thanks anyway! :)

[anonymous23323124]

I think gcc = the C compiler and GCC = GNU Compiler Collection. I have some recollection of reading that somewhere...

[Veltas]

Yeah, that's what I meant.

[Moschops]

GCC originally stood for GNU C Compiler, back when it was just a C compiler in 87. Within months of being released, though, it was compiling C++, so the name had to change.

[shadine]

hello,
GCC (Original Compiler) AND OOP Compiler g++

good luck

[Athar]

g++ is not an OOP compiler (that's a concept, not a language), it's a C++ compiler.

[Veltas]

Yeah, C has some OOP features anyway and even without that there's a big difference between C++ and 'C with classes'.