C compiler recommendation? (not microcontroller)

[Admin]

I need to do some robot navigation testing that would cause too much trouble to do on a microcontroller.

I basically want to run the code on my laptop and fiddle with the output until I like it. Then I can port it over to a microcontroller.

So the question is, does anyone have any recommendations for a C compiler? I used to have a good one but I cant remember what it was. I think Borland Turbo C?

Any recommendations?

[cybcode]

There are so many. Are you looking for one for Windows?

lcc-win32 is easy to set up and free, but can only compile pure C as far as I know, not C++ (http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/).
Open Watcom is also quite easy to set up and free (http://www.openwatcom.org/).
There is of course also MS Visual C++ Express (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/default.aspx).
MingW is a UNIX style development system (for Windows) with GCC and other related tools (http://www.mingw.org/).
Cygwin is another such system (http://www.cygwin.com/).

There's also Turbo C++ but I haven't used it (http://www.turboexplorer.com/cpp).

[snow]

I like Dev-C++ (http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html). It's an IDE that comes with Mingw (gcc) compiler.

(F9 to compile & run  )

[Admin]

You guys posted a lot of C++ compilers . . . can these also do C?

The program Im writing is just for code verification for another program Im writing for a microcontroller, so I want it to be in C.

[cybcode]

Generally, every C program will compile with a C++ compiler. It doesn't work the other way around. C++ is C with some extensions. If you plan to move your code back to a pure C compiler eventually (e.g. for the microcontroller), you should make sure you don't use any C++ extensions while developing with the C++ compiler.

[JesseWelling]

I like gcc....

[DomoArigato]

I've set up eclipse + mingw(GCC) without much hassle.  It works well for me.

[Robotboy86]

gcc for the win!