TDM-GCC is a compiler suite for

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. It is a commonly recommended compiler in many books, both for beginners and more experienced programmers. It combines the most recent stable release of the GCC toolset, a few patches for Windows-friendliness, and the

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runtime APIs to create an open-source alternative to Microsoft's compiler and platform SDK. It is able to build 32-bit or 64-bit binaries, for any version of Windows since

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. TDM-GCC is a redistribution of components that are freely available elsewhere. A large difference is that it changes the default GCC libraries to be statically linked, and use a

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IDE's that come bundled with TDM-GCC

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External links

TDM-GCC website
(redirects to https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/) Compilers