THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)
Fun Stuff => CLIKC => Topic started by: jhocking on 04 Nov 2005, 11:03
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I just found out about Code::Blocks (http://www.codeblocks.org/), an open-source IDE. If you look at their FAQ, you'll see that one of the compilers you can use with this IDE is *drumroll* Visual C++! Apparently Microsoft has been giving away their C++ compiler as a free download. Between that and this IDE, you've essentially got their $100 plus software for free, legally.
ADDITION: Hookay, I just noticed this (http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/default.aspx) at Microsoft's site. Am I missing something here, or are they totally just giving Visual Studio away for free? Note that the Toolkit is a 30MB download, while this is only 3.