Hello,
Where can I find a free basic C++ compiler. I just need it to try some things out on.

Thanks.

I am assuming you are using Windows...

There is always GCC, which can be run in Windows if you have Cygwin installed (http://www.cygwin.com). Don't hesitate to install Cygwin. It actually makes the Windows shell usable.

There is also LCC, which is decent. You can find it at www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/.

Yes, didnt cross my mind toi mention I am using Win, my bad. Thanks for them, I will check it out.

http://www.cygwin.com wasnt found.

you can also look at djgpp.. if you dont want to go into windows api junk but cgywin seems to be the choice of the day for free windows compilers.. if you want to do alot of work with program you might want to lookinto adding a partition of linux on to your HD and messing with gcc\g++ and when you are ready to move on to gui programming use Qt and gtk+ plus you have access to a ton of open source software you can look at yourself to get an idea of the flow in many larger projects

Hrm. That link works for me. You might want to try it again. Perhaps it was down temporarily.

Sorry for not updating you, it must of been down temp - the site loads now.

There is also Dev-C++ which is a kind of an IDE too. It comes with an free compiler with the package, but you can also use Cygwin's with it.

http://www.bloodshed.net/

You could also grab http://www.borland.com/cbuilder/cppcomp/index.html