Compilers

• Borland Turbo C++ Suite 3.0/4.5 & C++ Builder 1.0 for $49.99.
  
• Borland C++ Builder 4.0 Standard for $49.99.
• MS Visual C++ 6.0 Professional with Windows NT for $99.99.
• Metrowerks Code Warrior Professional Release 4 for $129.99.
• MS Visual Studio 6.0 Professional for $249.99.

If you don't want to buy commercial C compiler, here are your alternatives.

• DJGPP: A free 32-bit development system for DOS. There is also an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for DJGPP called RHIDE, which looks like Turbo C 3.1 (text based). If you cannot live without Windows or hate using DOS prompt, RHIDE is probably not for you. You should download the following files to a temporary directory for basic installation. [The total size of these files is 6,814 KBytes (14,736 KBytes after installation). You should have at least 21 MBytes free space on your hard drive.]
  • install.exe 187,033 Bytes
  • bnu281b.zip 1,896,445 Bytes
  • djdev202.zip 1,423,123 Bytes
  • gcc295b.zip 1,754,567 Bytes
  • rhide14b.zip 1,716,944 Bytes
  You can read " readme.1st" from DJGPP project which includes info for download, installation, compilation, debugging, etc.. If you want to learn more about DJGPP, you should also download faq211b.zip (563,209 Bytes). If you want run gdb (instead of using RHIDE), you should download gdb418b.zip (1,180,514 Bytes).
  [Warning: DJGPP web site, www.delorie.com is currently connected to Internet via a 56K modem. It's very slow, but working. Don't download the software from their web site. Use the links above instead.]
   
• Other C compilers: There are other free or cheap C compilers. Please see 18.3 in comp.lang.c FAQ.
• cc and gcc on Bayou: cc and gcc are ANSI C compatible. There is no IDE on bayou. You have to compile / debug your program from the prompt. The debuggers on bayou are dbx and gdb. For detail on cc / gcc / dbx / gdb, see man pages (with command "man cc", or "man dbx").