Orwell Dev-C might be a bit more popular than Microsoft Visual Studio. We know about 1 link to it since March 2021 and only 1 link to Microsoft Visual Studio. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
While the editor seems to old fashioned there isn't anything particularly wrong in using it for learning. Alternatively you can propose to your teacher about https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/express/ . IMO editor is not a big factor when we are talking about high school learning. Source: almost 3 years ago
I used to use Dev-C++ back in the day. Last release was in 2015, unsure if it supports XP, but you could always keep going backwards until you find a working one. http://orwelldevcpp.blogspot.com/. Source: over 1 year ago
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