What is the C++ compiler used in the C++ tutorial?

[CheezyPower]

as the title describes, i would like to know the name of the compiler used in the tutorial, the one im using (DevC++) doesnt seem to recognize "if"... so if i could either get the name of the compiler or help with mine, that'd be great, thanks in advance!

-Michael

[Moschops]

Dev C++ is not a C++ compiler. It is an IDE. An IDE is a set of tools that make it easier to do some tasks. Sometimes an IDE comes with a compiler. Sometimes it does not.

Dev C++ before version 5 is very bad and should not be used. If that is your version, please dispose of it now.

This article explains what a compiler is and gives some options.
http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/Lz18T05o/

[ascii]

I don't think the tutorial on this website was written with any specific compiler in mind. There's a lot of hate (that's well justified, look here: http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/36vU7k9E/) on this website for the Dev-C++ IDE (which uses MinGW as a compiler), and I'd recommend against it. My compiler of choice is g++, and I recommend that you use it (particularly if you're on Linux). If you're running Windows, however, Visual C++ is probably the most popular compiler (that also comes with a fantastic IDE), and worth trying out.

As for your problem with Dev-C++ "not recognizing if," I don't really understand what your mean. If you're willing to post the specific code that's giving you an error, I'd be happy to try and diagnose the problem.

[CheezyPower]

ive switched over to visual c++ express, the only problem is, it seems to have different commands... like, cout and cin are not recognized.

Error 1 error C2065: 'cout' : undeclared identifier

[vlad from moscow]

You have to include <iostream> and use using directive for namespace std to use names cout and cin.

For example

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
   cout << "Hello World" << endl;
   return 0;
}

[CheezyPower]

nevermind, i figured it out..!!! :) thanks for the help you guys.