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Dev-C++ Is a Low Memory Windows Native C++ IDE Built in Delphi

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Re: Dev-C++ Is a Low Memory Windows Native C++ IDE Built in Delphi

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Post by lefty2 »

jcelerier wrote: post #46
lefty2 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree totally. No one else has ever been able to make a debugger as good as Visual Studio. That's why I do all my core development work on Visual Studio, and only use XCode / code blocks for testing on Mac/Linux.

ugh, QtCreator is so much better especially than Xcode, and not even worth comparing to Code::Blocks

but what if you aren't using Qt?

Re: Dev-C++ Is a Low Memory Windows Native C++ IDE Built in Delphi

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Post by snarfy »

stelonix wrote: post #12
arvindamirtaa wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You double click the icon. And then you start typing code. Visual Studio has never been quite that fast. It may not have as comprehensive a feature set as VS. But it's an excellent hackable IDE for enthusiasts.

I will have to disagree here. Visual Studio's C++ tools are fundamental for any C++ development beyond toy "hello world" and prototypes. I've been a Linux user for 8 years now and my biggest pain is the lack of a proper C++ IDE with decent debugging. Even if you forget an IDE, there are no decent debuggers[0][1]. [0]: https://scattered-thoughts.net/writing/looking-for-debugger/ [1]: https://scattered-thoughts.net/wri…

The C++ debugger for vscode is pretty good, no visual studio but much less utilitarian than gdb.

Re: Dev-C++ Is a Low Memory Windows Native C++ IDE Built in Delphi

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Post by ochrist »

rawland wrote: post #47

What's a decent Delphi (Object Pascal) IDE for *nix?

Lazarus and Free Pascal are the free and open source alternatives to Delphi. There's also FMXLinux:

https://blogs.embarcadero.com/create-powerful-linux-applicat...

Source: I'm a satisfied user of Delphi, but only currently uses Professional and haven't tried out FMXLinux yet.

Re: Dev-C++ Is a Low Memory Windows Native C++ IDE Built in Delphi

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Post by jcelerier »

lefty2 wrote: post #52
jcelerier wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ugh, QtCreator is so much better especially than Xcode, and not even worth comparing to Code::Blocks

but what if you aren't using Qt?

QtCreator is a generic C/C++ IDE, built with Qt. (and since it has language server support nowadays it looks like it's useable for rust, etc). It has a profiling UI, valgrind support, etc etc.

Re: Dev-C++ Is a Low Memory Windows Native C++ IDE Built in Delphi

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Post by Stierlitz »

Any particular reason why these two posts were rendered dead?

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H_Pylori 1 hour ago [dead] [–]

Back in the day, Dev-C++ was the ideal IDE for the C/C++ beginner. Simple, easy to use and very light in term of resources. I remember being able to run Dev-C++ on a 166Mhz Pentium I with 32Mb of RAM (which was hopelessly obsolete even by then). You could even install C libraries automatically as DevPaks.

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ku-man 9 hours ago [dead] [–]

Wow, Dev-C++...

Let me see 2004 to 2020... I am old...

Re: Dev-C++ Is a Low Memory Windows Native C++ IDE Built in Delphi

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Post by dunce2020 »

Karliss wrote: post #58

I wonder what's the motivation behind this fork. Embarcadero is the company currently maintaining and selling Delphi dev tools. They also have their own commercial C++ IDE. Is it treated as demo App for their own toolchain.

> Embarcadero Dev-C++ has a low memory footprint because it is a native Windows application and does not use Electron.

Seems like they're using it as a VS Code offering/counter.

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