Compiler choices

[procman]

hey all im new to the site and new to programming. well i speak TI-BASIC fluently but... my question is what compiler should i use? i have Bloodshed C++, M$ Visual Studio 6, and am going to get Borland. i know that may be overkill but im reading a few books and eah reference a different compiler

[Somelauw]

I use Bloodshed.
As long as your compiler supports ANSI C, it could be used.
Older compilers might not fully support it.

[procman]

thanks man. i prefer opensource everything and i am comfortable with Bloodshed. can you reccomend any sites that have simple C++ source to learn from. i tried code beach but everything i got would not compile because of "antiquated" somethngs.

[Bazzy]

If you want some step by step explanated code, you are on the right site.
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

[Zaita]

Again. Bloodshed is not a compiler. It's not even an IDE but an umbrella name for diff projects.

Dev-C++ isthe IDE, and the compiler it ships with is MingW. MingW is a Windows port of the GCC compiler.