GCC on windows

[edo494]

Hey there,
Anyone knows of a way to get GCC on windows?

Ive tried in school on their computers to get MinGW but failed to do so and also I screwed on Cygwin badly

but is there a way to get pure GCC so I could use like Code::Blocks and GCC compiler for a better C++11 functionality then the Visual has(not much)

Thanks for your time

 

[Magtheridon96]

Unfortunately, the only ways I know are via MinGW and Cygwin :/

 

[Kanadaj]

AFAIK only Visual Studio 2012 has what it takes to properly code C++11, though, since Microsoft wants to maintain a mainly C# profile, they neglect C++ a bit too much I think. If you haven't tried yet, try using VS2012.

Also, since IntelliSense is a piece of trash when it comes to C++, try applying for the new version of ReSharper that supports C++.

 

[edo494]

I have no problem with visual or IntelliSense or anything like that just VS2012 lacks quite a lot of core changes from C++11(Variadic templates anyone?)

 

[Kanadaj]

Did you try this?
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng#visual-studio-update

 

[edo494]

already installed, it seems to have 0 updates for C++

I also just read a thread about how they are implementing variadic templates, non static data initializer, initializer lists etc to Visual 2013, and there will not be an update for 2012 for that things, so Thats why Im intrested in GCC now, because it has full C++11 support

 

[Magtheridon96]

The 2012 update actually allows for real variadic templates, but it's still missing some features like better type inference, delegating constructors and _good_ support for brace initialization (also a type inference problem ;/)

= delete would be nice too. :|
I had to change a lot of code when moving from Xcode using Clang as the compiler on Mac to Visual Studio on Windows.