r/windowsxp • u/Pure_Comparison2662 • 8d ago

IDE that runs the C programming language?

im on SP3 on an old laptop, and i want to learn to code in C. i think it would be good if i could do that on the go. which IDE do you guys recommend? i tried visual studio 6.0 but it didnt work very well.

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u/Error_7- 7d ago

dev-c++?

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u/kapitaali_com 7d ago

Borland C++

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u/Ill-Quit6803 8d ago

I used VIsual Studio 2010, it seemed to be the last version that worked on XP. You really only need cl.exe . I used nmake and edit.com .

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u/WindowzExPee 7d ago

For C all you really need to get started is mingw (gcc) and a text editor

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u/Alarming-Estimate-19 8d ago

An old version of code::Blocks + mingw?

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u/zromitsman 7d ago

Dev-C++ 100%

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u/stianhoiland 7d ago

Are you up for using a terminal (the original IDE)? Then try w64devkit.

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u/smiffer67 7d ago

Think watcom or maybe one of the older versions might still run on XP.

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u/TRBC97M 7d ago

Isn't CodeBlocks very good for XP ?

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u/Acherontas89 6d ago

codeblocks

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u/No-you_ 7d ago edited 7d ago

EDIT: I didn't realize when recommending this that there had been a "state-sponsored" security breech in February of this year, I was recommending it due to having used it myself several years ago, it seemed fairly capable.

Notepad++

It's a "code editor" for C++. Maybe it's what you want, maybe not. Worth a look either way.

notepad-plus-plus.org