Favorite programming software?

[Geek-9pm]

dev-c++ is outdated.  Most of the programmers from dev-c++ are working on codeblocks, which is more up-to-date, and better in general, I think.

Who says it is outdated? And what part of it is outdated? Why should it matter? I have tools I got over ten years ago and they still work for simple tasks.
An why single out Dev C++ as being outdated? They all get very dated after two or three years. Banach files are very dated, people still write them.

[guss]

I was just being informative, no need for hostility.  But, if you want to know, the dev-c++ site says:



February 21th 2005 : Dev-C++ 5 Beta 9.2 (4.9.9.2) released !


January 13th 2005 : You can now support Dev-C++ by making a donation !


December 1st 2004 : Dev-C++ 5 Beta 9.1 (4.9.9.1) released !


July 31th 2004 : Dev-C++ 5 Beta 9.0 (4.9.9.0) released !


June 9th 2004 : Dev-C++ 5 Beta 8.10 (4.9.8.10) released !


May 9th 2004 : Dev-C++ 5 Beta 8.9 (4.9.8.9) released !


February 3rd 2004 : Dev-C++ 5 Beta 8.7 (4.9.8.7) released !


November 23th 2003 : Dev-C++ 5 Beta 8.5 (4.9.8.5) released !


October 20th 2003 : Dev-C++ 5 Beta 8.4 (4.9.8.4) released !

[BC_Programmer]

It's not only outdated (last updated early 2005) but it's been deprecated by other free offerings- particularly codeblocks. Most of the developers who worked on Dev/C++, as guss stated, are now working on code::blocks- it's unlikely Dev/C++ will be enhanced  in the future. This isn't even counting the issues I noted (such as using a User interface dialog from over 20 years ago).

Why should it matter?

Because people who use compilers usually want their programs to work with recent configurations. An analogous statement could be to ask "why it matters" wether your windows SDK is for windows 95 or windows 7. Of course considering I'm arguing with somebody who still thinks FORTRAN is the bees knees clearly I'm wasting my breath.

I have tools I got over ten years ago and they still work for simple tasks.

Compiling the code to a project-organized application is anything but a simple task. The fact is dev/C++ is free. So is Code::Blocks. code::Blocks is better, more compatible, and is still an active project.

[Geek-9pm]

Thank you BC. I do like to be up of up to date almost.
Fortran is old, but not forgotten.

...
The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++ programmers. It is free software under the GNU General Public License.
...
Where possible the routines have been based on reliable public-domain Fortran packages such as FFTPACK and QUADPACK, which the developers of GSL have reimplemented in C with modern coding conventions....
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/

So they had to have somebody that could still read it.

[BC_Programmer]

So they had to have somebody that could still read it.

Really? that's an interesting assumption, since I ported perl modules to Visual Basic classes years before I knew anything about perl. You are drawing the incorrect implication that because somebody is able to understand code from another programming language they must have had experience using it previously. That is false. You don't need to have been working with FORTRAN for many years to be able to port it to another language.

[Geek-9pm]

Good point BC. My First  Certified computer code was COBOL. Now I can't write even a line of it.
BTW, it is now Fortran, not  FORTRAN.
And if you keep doing that I will call Vista VISTA. 

[BC_Programmer]

BTW, it is now Fortran, not  FORTRAN.
And if you keep doing that I will call Vista VISTA. 

I had to rewrite that passage, I recall making it proper-case but I rewrote it and must have written it in caps.

They are both valid; FORTRAN refers to the versions before FORTRAN-90 (no doubt, then, you are familiar with the "FORTRAN", rather then the Fortran variants) whereas Fortran refers to later versions.

Either way, Fortran is a acronym for FORmula TRANslator, so it's valid anyway; Vista doesn't stand for anything.

[Geek-9pm]

Vista doesn't stand for anything.

Let me quote that in future posts.   

[Geek-9pm]

I am learning C++ ....It is my favorite programming language.

If it is your favorite, that is enough reason.

For what it is worth, most modem languages allow you to get into the library of some other language if necessary. So you don't have to switch over to another language just because there is some feature you don't readily have in you favorite language.