i dont get it…cant find a normal c compiler anywhere! you know…the one you can actually write your programs in! help?
Use gcc.
It is free, open and available on all platforms. If you are using Windows get cygwin with gcc installed - www.cygwin.com.
Koba
Use dev c++, you can make c# things in it to 
Better use Code::Blocks, it’s better than DevCpp (IMHO), and also written in C++, so C-Coders actually can improve it (DevCpp is written in Delphi)
If you’re on windows, you want Microsoft Visual C++ Express Edition (free!)
The best IDE for C++ on windows (for free).
C#??
I guess you meant C++, hence the name…
And Dev-C++ is built around MinGW
But are we talking compiler or IDE now? They don’t necessarily ship as bundle…mind you, i currently don’t use an IDE at all, a good text editor, a console window and scons+compiler work just fine…
C#??
I guess you meant C++, hence the name…
No, he meant C#. (Perhaps you’ve never heard of Mono or NET?) 
Sure, but what the **** has Dev-C++ to do with C# or .NET or Mono or dotGNU??
C# is meant to be compiled to managed code (executed in a “comon language runtime”) and i’m not aware that Dev-C++ does feature any tools for that. It does not even have proper syntax highlighting for it…
C# is not directly related to C or C++, it is a mix of half a dozend languages aimed at reflecting the CLR design…
I never heard dev c++ can do c# but I’ve heard Dev c++ has problem compiling blender apparently blender does not like mingw. Can someone confirm on this? I have downloaded ms visual express c++ has any one sucessfully compile blender source code with this?
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Blender should compile fine with MinGW (using scons at least), jesterKing says it’s even easier to setup than the MS Visual C++ toolkit
The only downsides are binary size and compile time…that’s why i still prefer the VC++ 7.1 compiler on Windows.
MinGW is pretty dumb when it comes to linking, resulting in enormous binaries.
There is a nice IDE which turns well on all platform, it’s the eclipse IDE. It’s natively done for java, but there is a very cgood and comprehensive plugin for C/C++ (called CDT). MS Visual Studio is a nice IDE, it’s right, but IMHO to make portable things you should better not use it. More over, it doesn’t use gcc, which is one of the reference for compiling.
But DevCpp is also a good choice, as soon as you don’t make too much complicated things (it will works fine but the auto-completion will havec problems). And you won’t have to configure anything, mingw will work fine, which is not the case for eclipse
So anyone have sucess with eclipse yet? :o
Why do you ask? A lot of people use eclipse (after all, IBM stands behind it) and some also use it for C++ development.
In case you have problems getting it to work, I can really recommend www.codeblock.org as I’ve written earlier. Or Visual Studio Express, which is free (beer).
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So anyone have sucess with eclipse yet?
Why do you ask? A lot of people use eclipse (after all, IBM stands behind it) and some also use it for C++ development.In case you have problems getting it to work, I can really recommend www.codeblock.org
Codeblock =deadlink
What I mean to say was has anyone done a compilation of blender source on eclipse IDE of course you would need a c++ complier!
Also Bloodshed has released the latest Devc++ during feb/06 so check it out.
Whoops, forgot the ‘s’.