Re: [Dev-C++] Two questions

Dne 15.3.2013 10:56, Leslaw Bieniasz napsal(a):
> I am new to this list and to DevC++. I need a c++ compiler and 
> IDE that allows one to develop console applications
> for Win 32. The applications will serve for numerical computations.
> The important requirement is that I need a support
> for "long double" variables (that is I need variables more precise than 
> "double" variables according to IEEE754). Does DevC++ offer such a 
> support? I also need a support for the stl.

Note that Dev-C++ is just an IDE, the compiler it uses is GCC (MinGW version) and you can
find details about it at gcc.gnu.org and mingw.org . It supports both long double and STL.


> A second question is of legal nature. My programming activities
> have a scientific character (I work for a university), so that both
> the results of my calculations and posssibly also the programs
> will be published in the scientific journals, or made publicly available
> in source or executable form. Is this allowed by the DevC++ license and
> the license of the related compiler(s)?

Yes, the GNU license which Dev-C++ and GCC uses places no restrictions on produced output,
the STL has explicit permission to be freely used and the rest of the MinGW is public domain/MIT
licensed (very nonlimiting license). Be of course careful about the license of the libraries
you are going to use.

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Zdraví,
Michal Molhanec