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Subject: Re: Free C++ compiler ? (OT)

Author: Ron Murawski

Date: 16:37:08 07/08/02

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On July 08, 2002 at 06:42:38, Jan Leffers wrote:

>On July 08, 2002 at 03:43:04, Leen Ammeraal wrote:
>
>>I sometimes receive messages from people asking
>>me if there are any free C++ compilers available.
>>This is mainly for beginners, so if there is
>>any choice, the simpler and smaller the better.
>>Since all my C++ usage is now about chess programming,
>>I take the liberty to ask this question in this forum.
>>If your answer is positive, please give details
>>about where to download from.
>>Leen
>
>You may also have a look at "LCC-Win32"
>(http://www.q-software-solutions.com/lccwin32/).
>I don't know how good it is, but it works for mee (with small programs).
>
>Regards
>Jan Leffers

LCC is a great compiler that produces high speed exe files. But it is C, not C++
and also does not support 64-bit ints which means that all bitboard code must be
done in assembly language. This is the compiler I originally wanted to use for
my engine.

Ron



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