The GNU C++ compiler

The GNU (GNU Not UNIX) C++ compiler is available for most UNIC systems, and Win95/NT. The compiler is free, and can be a good alternative to the expensive commercial compilers. See also the GNU project's homepage.

The CGU C++ compiler There exist several Win32 variants of G++ (or egcs, the most up to date version og G++)

The CGU C++ compiler

I've used the GNU compilers in the past under several UNIX variants. The compiler is one of the best compilers available, written by some of the most talented programmers there is.

Egcs is an experimental version of GNU C++ that is more up to date with the latest C++ standards. If you plan to use STL or templates, you will probarbly want egcs. Egcs has replaced G++ in some (all?) Linux variants, including Debian Linux. See the egcs homepage

There exist several Win32 variants of G++ (or egcs, the most up to date version og G++)

The most wel known Win32 variant is the port done by Cygwin. This compiler emulates many of the unix system calls under Win32, - making it easy to port unix applications to Win32.
See the Cygnus home page for details.

If you don't know or don't need the unix emulation, you can use mingw. This is a version of egcs for Win32 that use the native Win32 API, making your programs smaller, faster and maby also easier to write if you are familiar with Microsofts system calls.

• Mingw homepage
• Mingw homepage
• Mummit Khan's EGCS Development Toolchain

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