Free C and C++ Compilers

Having a C / C++ Compiler available for your web hosting account can be very useful. It allows you to develop your own C or C++ applications, using our web hosting server as a development environment. Or you can compile and build third party C or C++ applications.

There are hundreds of CGI Scripts available on the Internet that are written in C/C++. Since we make available a free C / C++ compiler with our web hosting accounts, you can compile any 3rd party C/C++ CGI applications you may find on the Internet.

Installed Compiler

We install and support the GNU gcc C/C++ compiler system. We always keep our servers up to date with the latest production/stable version of gcc. The current version as of the date of this writing is:

root@dc2-web12 [~]# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Full Suite of UNIX Development Tools

We provide all of the tools you need to develop and build C or C++ applications. Here is a brief list of the tools we provide for you:

• make: The GNU Make tool, used to automate compilation of source code.
• vi: The standard text editor for UNIX systems.
• emacs: A sophisticated text editor with a lot of features for code editing.
• sed, awk and gawk
• lex
• ... and more: Don't see what you need? We can probably install it for you at no charge -- just ask!