64 bit compilers

[Paul Richards]

Are there any free c/c++ compilers which will allow compilation
targeting 64 bit WIndows 7?

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Paul
Melbourne, Australia

 

[John]

On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:281 -0500, "Paul Richards"
<paulrichards@XXXNOSPAMiinet.net.au> wrote:

>
>Are there any free c/c++ compilers which will allow compilation
>targeting 64 bit WIndows 7?


Apparently Intel does, see
http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/using-intelr-compilers-for-linux-under-fedora/

The cite is for Fedora but you should be able to glean enough
information there to locate a source that fits your usage.

From a cursory reading it looks as though the main difference is in
the libraries.


John B.

 

[GreyCloud]

Paul Richards wrote:
> Are there any free c/c++ compilers which will allow compilation
> targeting 64 bit WIndows 7?
>

You might try http://gcc.gnu.org/

 

[Paul Richards]

GreyCloud wrote:

> Paul Richards wrote:
> > Are there any free c/c++ compilers which will allow compilation
> > targeting 64 bit WIndows 7?
> >
>
> You might try http://gcc.gnu.org/

Thanks for the replies, guys.

What about the MinGW toolchain which uses the GCC software? I've found
the mingw-w64 sourceforge.net project which describes itself as "a
complete runtime environment for gcc to support binaries native to
Windows 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems". I presume this will be OK
on Windows 7 - am I correct in that assumption?

For IDEs I have used Code::Blocks, Notepad++ and NetBeans on previous
occasions.


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Paul
Melbourne, Australia

 

[GreyCloud]

Paul Richards wrote:
> GreyCloud wrote:
>
>> Paul Richards wrote:
>>> Are there any free c/c++ compilers which will allow compilation
>>> targeting 64 bit WIndows 7?
>>>
>> You might try http://gcc.gnu.org/
>
> Thanks for the replies, guys.
>
> What about the MinGW toolchain which uses the GCC software? I've found
> the mingw-w64 sourceforge.net project which describes itself as "a
> complete runtime environment for gcc to support binaries native to
> Windows 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems". I presume this will be OK
> on Windows 7 - am I correct in that assumption?
>
> For IDEs I have used Code::Blocks, Notepad++ and NetBeans on previous
> occasions.
>
>
NetBeans should work with the MinGW set. Of course I've used Netbeans
on Solaris and it works ok, albeit it is different in trying to pull in
outside files into a project... which is what you have to create before
you can compile and run the program. Use the latest MinGW as I
understand it will work with Win7. GCC has a switch...

gcc -m64 -o filename filename.c the -m64 switch compiles to 64-bit.

You have to realize that the standard gcc was designed for unix and
linux oses. The MinGW is a port of gcc to windows. So, a lot of
reading is in order.

 

[Paul Richards]

GreyCloud wrote:

> Paul Richards wrote:
> > GreyCloud wrote:
> >
> > > Paul Richards wrote:
> > > > Are there any free c/c++ compilers which will allow compilation
> > > > targeting 64 bit WIndows 7?
> > > >
> > > You might try http://gcc.gnu.org/
> >
> > Thanks for the replies, guys.
> >
> > What about the MinGW toolchain which uses the GCC software? I've
> > found the mingw-w64 sourceforge.net project which describes itself
> > as "a complete runtime environment for gcc to support binaries
> > native to Windows 64-bit and 32-bit operating systems". I presume
> > this will be OK on Windows 7 - am I correct in that assumption?
> >
> > For IDEs I have used Code::Blocks, Notepad++ and NetBeans on
> > previous occasions.
> >
> >
> NetBeans should work with the MinGW set. Of course I've used
> Netbeans on Solaris and it works ok, albeit it is different in trying
> to pull in outside files into a project... which is what you have to
> create before you can compile and run the program. Use the latest
> MinGW as I understand it will work with Win7. GCC has a switch...
>
> gcc -m64 -o filename filename.c the -m64 switch compiles to
> 64-bit.
>
> You have to realize that the standard gcc was designed for unix and
> linux oses. The MinGW is a port of gcc to windows. So, a lot of
> reading is in order.

Thanks for the comment. I shall be polishing my reading spectacles!

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Paul
Melbourne, Australia