Alternative Compilers

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

Bloodshed Dev-C++ is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ 
programming language. It uses Mingw port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as it's compiler. 
Dev-C++ can also be used in combination with Cygwin or any other GCC based compiler.

from : http://www.mingw.org/

MinGW, a contraction of "Minimalist GNU for Windows", is a port of the GNU Compiler 
Collection (GCC), and GNU Binutils, for use in the development of native Microsoft 
Windows applications.

from : http://software.intel.com/file/6338
from : http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/compilepovray/

IntelŪ C++ Compiler 8.1 for Windows* Release Notes
For IntelŪ IA-32 and ItaniumŪ Processors

This product provides tools for Windows* software developers to create applications 
that run at top speeds on all IntelŪ IA-32 processors and the IntelŪ ItaniumŪ processors. 
Optimizations include support for Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2) in the IntelŪ 
PentiumŪ 4 and Pentium M processors, Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3) in the Intel 
Pentium 4 processors with SSE3 support, and software pipelining in the Intel Itanium 2 
processor. Inter-procedural optimization (IPO) and profile-guided optimization (PGO) can 
provide greater application performance. Intel Compilers support multi-threaded code 
development through auto parallelism and OpenMP* support.

Tools provided include the IntelŪ C++ Compiler 8.1 for Windows, the IntelŪ Debugger 8.1, 
the Assembler 7.0 for Itanium-based systems and integration with Microsoft Visual 
Studio* .NET* 2002 & 2003 and Microsoft Visual C++* 6 (Visual Studio 98). This version 
of the compiler also includes two new tools, the Intel Compilers code-coverage Tool 
and the Intel Compilers test-prioritization tool.

Obtaining the latest version of the IntelŪ compilers

Licensed users of the Intel compilers may download the most recent versions of the 
compiler from the Intel download center which is accessed by logging into your 
account at the IntelŪ Registration Center .

Evaluation versions of the Intel compilers may be found at the IntelŪ Evaluation Software Center.

from : http://www.nachocabanes.com/english/c/index.php#compilers

from : http://www.nachocabanes.com/english/c/index.php#compilers
C / C++ / C# compilers 
For Windows, C & C++:
MinGW is a C & C++ compiler based on GNU's (GCC), ported to Windows. It can be downloaded 
at www.mingw.org. In this site, it may be difficult to find exactly what to download, so 
an alternative might be a ready-to-use environment, such as these three: 

 Dev-C++ is a development environment for Windows, made by Bloodshed, which can be 
 downloaded on its own or integrated with compiler MinGW (GCC 3.4.2), in a ready-to-use pack. 
 Latest version is 4.9.9.2, dated february 2005.  Links: http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/devcpp.html - http://www.bloodshed.net/

 CodeBlocks is another development environment for Windows, also available alone or including 
 MinGW (GCC 3.4.4). Latest version is 1.0rc2, dated october 2005. 
 link: http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads.shtml

 Another environment: MinGW Developer Studio. Latest version is 2.05, dated april 2005 
 (con GCC 3.4.2). link : http://www.parinyasoft.com/

Watcom C++ has been for a long time one of the most extender commercial compilers, 
used (for example) in the development of most games in the first 90s, such as Doom 
and Duke Nukem 3D. Now it is "Open Source". You can download documentation and 
compiler at www.openwatcom.com (version 1.7 RC1 available in july 2007), 

Borland C++ 5.5 has also a freely distributable version, which does not include 
integrated environment, only the command-line compiler, dated August 2000. Basic use 
instructions are available at community.borland.com/article/0,1410,20997,00.html 
link : http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler/

Digital Mars is a C & C++ compiler for Dos and Windows, freely distributable, created by 
Walter Bright (author of Symantec C++), which includes no IDE in its free version. 
Release 8.50 available since September 2006. link : http://www.digitalmars.com/

LCC-Win32. Is a free C compiler for Windows. link : http://www.cs.virginia.edu/%7Elcc-win32/

The "Express" version of Visual C++ 2005 can be freely downloaded from Microsoft 
site, in msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/download/. 

Cygwin is not only a compiler, but the port to Windows of a series of Uniz tools. 
link : http://www.cygwin.com/


