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Areyan:
Hi,

I'm trying to decide which version to use (sitting on win7), and thus i'm curious about the differences between the "standard" CodeBlocks version for windows, and the Mingw version.
Since a tour around Google, and a short look through the forums left me, more or less, without any good answers, I thought it might be a good idea to make this post and see if any of you guys could further clarify on my questions.

The main ones are:
1. General differences
2. Wich is better for cross-platform programming and why, and wether this comes at disadvantages or not?
3. Is one of them "easier" to use than the other? (Note: asking about technical advantages/disadvantages)
4. Other arguments for/against one of the versions?

MortenMacFly:

--- Quote from: Areyan on November 02, 2012, 02:49:56 pm ---I'm trying to decide which version to use (sitting on win7),
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If you are ion Win7, the official release won't work flawlessly (the compiler is too old).

So you either have to use a nightly and an updated compiler (i.e. TDM/GCC 4.7.1) or you wait for the upcoming next release or install the compiler-free version and use an up-to-date compiler.

Areyan:
So basically only the Mingw version that you provide will work correctly on windows atm?
There are no other technical differences that I need to worry about?

MortenMacFly:

--- Quote from: Areyan on November 02, 2012, 03:29:15 pm ---So basically only the Mingw version that you provide will work correctly on windows atm?
There are no other technical differences that I need to worry about?

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No, you mis-undertstood (or I, maybe):
10/05 works just fine on all platforms.
Only the compiler bundled in the 10/05-MinGW version does not work very well on Win7 and above (a known issue - at the time the compiler came out there was no Win7).

So - if you want to use 10/05, install the non-compiler version and install a compiler afterwards, e.g. from here:
http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/
(It comes with a nice installer, too - just you may need to configure Code::Blocks afterwards so it can find the compiler.)

The nightlies ship w/o compiler anyways. But the nightlies are way more feature-rich and advanced. So generally I would recommend you use one of these. But again: 10/05 should work just fine, too

Areyan:
Ok, thanks then :)

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