Re: [Dev-C++] wxDev-C++ 7.3.0 and Bloodshed's old versions 4.01 and 5 betas (was re: ver. 4.x is supposed to be downloadable from sourceforge ...)

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

I would recommend that you take a peek at Code::Blocks instead. A very,
very good IDE, that supports a number of compilers.

/pwm

On Sun, 31 Jan 2010, Kevin Ross wrote:

> Michal,
>
> Thanks much for the recommendation of wxDev-C++ 7.3.0 and for the links to
> the old "bloodshed.net" versions.  (Although the latter are old, C++ is old
> too, it doesn't make it obsolete ;-)  )
>
>  Judging by the the http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/ description, it seems
> that, rather than exactly a successor bloodshed.net's version 4.01 or 5
> beta, it is (at least primarily) an addition of a visual designer that
> integrates wxWidgets.  Does anybody think taht, for someone who doesn't care
> about RAD/visual gui design/wxWidgets capabilities, wxDev-C++ 7.3.0 provides
> other useful advances over Bloodshed's 4.x or 5 beta versions?
>
> I had not been aware of wxDev-C++ and had been looking only specifically for
> "Bloodshed Dev-C++" which had been recommended as good and free (either the
> 4.x stable or uncertainly buggy 5 beta, both apparently abandoned
> considering, as you say, their age).
>
> Bloodshed's version was recommended for a college course I'm taking
> that doesn't cover RAD or probably any GUI design, which probably explains
> why it was recommended.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Michal Molhanec <mol...@se...>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:47:53 +0100 (CET) Kevin Ross
> > <pro...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> >> ver. 4.x is supposed to be downloadable (see links from
> >> http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html) from sourceforge and from Simtel
> >> but I got nada from either source:
> >
> > You can download it here:
> >
> >
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/files/Binaries/Dev-C%2B%2B%204.0%20full%20package%20includes%20Mingw%20compiler/
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/dev-cpp/files/Binaries/4.01%20update/
> >
> > however I wonder what would you do with such an outdated version.
> >
> > I recommend wxDev-C++ 7.3.0 which is the latest version of Dev-C++. It
> > is available at http://wxdsgn.sourceforge.net/
> >
>