macOS Any good free C++ Compilers besides Xcode

[agentgore99]

Hey everybody, I would use XCode but it won't run on OSX Mountain Lion.

Every time i try to download it it says the current version of OSX is too new.

 

[gnasher729]

Hey everybody, I would use XCode but it won't run on OSX Mountain Lion.

Every time i try to download it it says the current version of OSX is too new.

As a registered developer, you should know where to get the right XCode version from. Alternatively, if you are using a pirated version of Mountain Lion, then you get exactly what you deserve.

 

[ChristianVirtual]

Always an alternative: http://gcc.gnu.org/

Better is: go and download the matching XCode to your OS version from developer center at Apple; they have one.

Or you just wait until ML is officially out and Apple put XCode in AppStore.

 

[nofunsir]

QT and Eclipse

QT is cross platform, as is Eclipse.

 

[Mac_Max]

You can try the Lion package here: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer

QT is cross platform, as is Eclipse.

QT is not a compiler, it's a framework. I believe Eclipse uses GCC.

 

[itsmrjon]

A list of c++ compilers:
GNU - http://gcc.gnu.org/
Intel - http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-composer-xe/
PGI - http://www.pgroup.com/products/pgiworkstation.htm/
PS - http://www.pathscale.com/
O64 - http://www.open64.net/download/open64-4x-releases.html

pick your poison, i swear by intel.

 

[milbournosphere]

XCode is an IDE, not a compiler. The latest version of GCC or G++ should do you just fine...

 

[agentgore99]

As a registered developer, you should know where to get the right XCode version from. Alternatively, if you are using a pirated version of Mountain Lion, then you get exactly what you deserve.

I'm not an Apple developer, But its not pirated either Apple invited me to be a part of their customer seeding program.

 

[gnasher729]

I'm not an Apple developer, But its not pirated either Apple invited me to be a part of their customer seeding program.

From Apple's website:

What's expected?
Confidentiality. Use of pre-release software is strictly confidential. All potential participants are required to sign a Customer Seed And Confidentiality Agreement before being accepted into the program.

 

[Candunc]

xcode should work now, it has been updated.

 

[Mac_Max]

From Apple's website:

What's expected?
Confidentiality. Use of pre-release software is strictly confidential. All potential participants are required to sign a Customer Seed And Confidentiality Agreement before being accepted into the program.

Not to start a peeing contest here... but you realize what site this is right?

 

[gnasher729]

Not to start a peeing contest here... but you realize what site this is right?

This here is the "Mac Programming" forum. Part of programming is ethical behaviour, including respect for any NDAs that you might be under.

 

[guzhogi]

If you have the just released version of ML, you can get the proper version of xCode from the Mac App Store.

 

[nofunsir]

You can try the Lion package here: https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer



QT is not a compiler, it's a framework. I believe Eclipse uses GCC.

You are being wearily pedantic and not contributing positively to this thread.

Unlike you, what I did was see through his apparent mis-labeling/mis-understanding of what X-code is, and realize what he was actually asking for.

One thing needing avoidance is know-it-alls bantering about terminology when a non-expert asks a simple question from a forum the members of which he hopes are more knowledgable than he.

QT, as in QT Creator, or the QT SDK, is a development environment as well as the name of its framework.

 

[gnasher729]

You are being wearily pedantic and not contributing positively to this thread.

This thread is about programming. Programming doesn't work when you're not pedantic.

 

[KnightWRX]

You are being wearily pedantic and not contributing positively to this thread.

*pssst*.

He's also wrong. QT extends C++ with signals, emits and slots. As such, any QT code needs to be passed through moc, the Meta-Object Compiler.