[ale] C Compiler for Linux

[JD]

On 04/22/2011 10:18 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
>> Richard,
>>
>> I suspect your asking about a development environment more than about
>> a compiler.
>>
>> If you're thinking of something like MS Visual C++, that is a full IDE
>> - Integrated Development Environment.
>>
>> It's been too many years since I was a real dev for me to recommend a
>> IDE for C development.
> 
> vi ?
> :)
> 

I agree.  My nominal "C development environment" consists of 3 xterms.
a) vi
b) shell where I type "!!" after typing "make" once
c) gdb

During really crazy development, I might open another xterm with vi to
look at other files or documentation if HTML-based docs aren't available
or to run VCS commands (I like bzr).

OTOH, I learned C using Turbo C, then jumped to UNIX-based environments
with vi, gdb, and make, so perhaps a simplistic IDE would be useful to a
beginner. Geany - definitely geany then.

I'd be surprised if someone weren't still using emacs as an IDE too.