C Installation (JNNC Technologies)


To start learning C programming, you only have to install the C compiler in your system, and nowadays C and C++ both compilers come as a single integrated package, which serves the purpose of C and C++ both program development.

What is Compiler in C?

A compiler is a computer program that transforms human readable (programming language) source code into another computer language (binary) code.
In simple terms Compiler takes the code that you write and turned in to the binary code that computer can understand.
C compiler is a software application that transforms human readable C program code to machine readable code. The process of transforming the code from High Level Language to Machine Level Language is called “Compilation”. Human readable code is the C program that consists of digits letters, special symbols etc which is understand by human beings. On the other hand, machine language is dependent on processor and processor understands zeroes and ones (binary) only. All C program execution is based on processor which is available in the CPU; that is why entire C source code needs to be converted to binary system by the compiler.
This tutorial is written for Windows, Unix / Linux and MAC users. All code has been tested and it works correctly on all three operating systems.

List of C Compilers for Windows OS

Since there are various compilers available in to the online market, here are the lists of some of the frequently used ones:
  • CCS C Compiler
  • Turbo C
  • Minimalist GNU for Windows (MinGW)
  • Portable C Compiler
  • Clang C++
  • Digital Mars C++ Compiler
  • Intel C++
  • IBM C++
  • Visual C++ : Express Edition
  • Oracle C++
All of these above compilers for C are free to download, but there are some other paid C compilers also available or programmers can get it for trial version:
  • Embarcadero C++
  • Edison Design Group C++
  • Green Hills C++
  • HP C++ for Unix
  • Intel C++ for Windows, Linux, and some embedded systems.
  • Microsoft C++
  • Paradigm C++

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