C Compiler for Windows 7 64 bit Operating Systems

Turbo C Compiler is the best compiler so far until we are comfortable with Windows XP. After the Launch of Windows 7, the TC editor is not that much user friendly (as maximisation of DOS Window is hectic) and that too Turbo C was not scalable for 64 bit Windows 7.
But there are some c compiler tools that are quite comfortable to use with (32 bit as well 64 bit OS). Have a look at the following Links
There’s a tools Bloodshed Dev-Cpp which works under the gcc and Mingw is suitable for windows 7 64 bit OS. Also, if you have Microsoft visual C++, then it’s a good choice to run under windows 7 64bit.

So here are the various C compilers for 64bit windows 7 OS

• Bloodshed Dev-Cpp
• Microsoft Visual Studio (64bit) and Visual Studio Express.
• Netbeans 6.9 with Mingw and GCC compiler (here you should have the jdk for 64bit OS)
• Eclipse with gcc and mingw (again, the jdk as well eclipse should be of 64bit)
• C- Free Professional
• Code Lite - CodeLite is an open-source, cross platform IDE for the C/C++ programming languages (build and tested on Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu 10.04, and Mac OSX 10.5.8). CodeLite is distributed under the terms of the GPLv2 license with an exception:
• Pelles C -  is a complete development kit for Windows and Windows Mobile.

In netbeans and eclipse the C compiler source path has to be set in to the path variable.

Pradeep Kumar TS