[PD-dev] c/c++ compilers

[André Schmidt]

hi devs,

i'm now starting to learn the wonders of c/c++ coding on windows and was 
wondering what compilers/IDE are you all using. or what compilers you could 
recommend for a beginner. i would like to avoid using M$-VC or other 
commercial products...

i found something interesting: http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html (i'm 
more a GUI person:)
and downloaded the version 5(beta!) and tried to make the "helloworld" 
external @ http://iem.kug.ac.at/pd/externals-HOWTO/node3.html but i only 
get errors...
so it would be nice if some1 would test/know if this dev-c++ is "usable" 
for pd/externals
(i assume the errors didnt have nothing to do it being beta)

thnx
-andre
ps. is there a "how to" for compiling pd on windows (using NOT commercial 
compilers)