C++ Programming HOW-TO: Best C++ compilers for MS Windows 2000/NT/95/98/ME/XP

3. Best C++ compilers for MS Windows 2000/NT/95/98/ME/XP

Since MS Windows is quite popular for C++ development, the string class library given in this document works well and runs very well on all the versions of MS Windows i.e. MS Win XP/2000/NT/95/98/ME. The C++ compilers for MS Windows are :

GNU BloodShed at http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html rated 1st (the best among all)
Borland C++ compiler http://www.borland.com/bcppbuilder/freecompiler rated 2nd
Microsoft Visual C++ compiler http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc rated 3rd
MSDOS C++ compiler http://www.delorie.com/djgpp

The String class in this document is tested with all the above compilers. It works fine with MS Visual C++ compiler v6.0, Borland C++ v5.2, Borland C++ compiler v5.5.1 and Bloodshed compiler.

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