The macosxhints Forums - XCode C programming help

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Originally Posted by xesrever

Xcode speeds up the development process if you are building a complicated application, but I don't recommend using an IDE for the sole purpose of compiling examples from a book. Just install the Xcode Developer Tools so that you'll have GCC and G++ 4.0, and compile from the command line.

I disagree. Most anyone learning to program is going to have to deal with an IDE sometime, whether Xcode, Visual C++, or the KDE developer tools. You might as well learn to function in that environment.

That being said, Xcode isn't that bad for writing simple C code, I used it when I was learning to program in C++ and it worked great. In fact, since the Apple programmer tools use gcc to compile, my code files were able to be ported to Linux with no problem. Of course, Visual C++ had some oddities (there's Microsoft for you) and the files needed minor tweaks to compile.

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