>Since many of us on the list are programmers of one sort or another and
>interested in numerical analysis also of one sort or another, maybe someone
>would care to offer an opinion as to which is the better C++ compiler in the
>Windows environment these days and why. Which compiler is used in the
majority
>of off-the-shelf software. Which has fewer or less serious bugs, etc. I use
a
>lot of matrix operations on huge (3 mil +) 2-d arrays and some compilers
>really get lost. Which seems to be the most reliable.
I've been using Microsoft's Visual C++ The current version, Visual C 6, is
quite nice. You will want a fairly powerful development system, lots of
memory, disk, CPU speed as its a large package. If you want to really get
good mileage out of their integrated development shell, I'd suggest a large
screen too (I use a 21" at home and love it.. Work will only buy 17" which are
a bit cramped).
-jrp
