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Coding > Best Compiler

#73953 - Alpha_Slayer - Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:06 am

Does anyone know what the best compiler for GBA and NDS coding is? I have heard of three: VisualHAM, Dev-Cpp, and ARM SDT. Which one is the easiest to use/most powerful?
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#73959 - tepples - Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:35 am

ARM ADS is probably the most powerful, but if you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it.

VisualHAM and Dev-CPP aren't really "compilers" but code editors; they call Make and GCC whenever you click build. It appears that GCC 4.1 is coming soon to a devkitARM near you.
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#73989 - sgeos - Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:48 pm

Alpha_Slayer wrote:
Does anyone know what the best compiler for GBA and NDS coding is? I have heard of three: VisualHAM, Dev-Cpp, and ARM SDT. Which one is the easiest to use/most powerful?

The answer probably depends on what you want to do.

-Brendan