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Dev-cpp, mingw, and allegro where my gateway drug back in 2000 or so, nice to hear it’s still around.

vageli 6y ago
> Dev-cpp, mingw, and allegro where my gateway drug back in 2000 or so, nice to here it’s still around. Same, when I saw Dev-cpp, my first thought was "bloodshed.net"; I'm glad to see a fork alive and well. This IDE in particular was a stepping stone/turning point in my career.
- rualca 6y ago
  Me too. I haven't heard anything regarding bloodshed dev-c++ for ages, perhaps over a decade by now. Talk about a blast from the past. I still recall cutting my C++ teeth with dev-c++ writing small opengl+win32 apps with it, and struggling to find where the bloody triangle was showing up. Using dev-c++ made that experience much more enjoyable. Good times.
- knighthack 6y ago
  Blast from the past for me too - especially the 'bloodshed' part. Haven't heard that name in years.
- dkh 6y ago
  Same here! I went to a computer camp in 1999 (age 12) and started learning C++. Not able to pay for either CodeWarrior (what the camp used) or Visual C++, I stumbled across Dev-C++ on bloodshed.net and for years it became my go-to. Memories.
purplecats 6y ago
yes, same! I remember being a child and thinking it was so bizarre that they called it "bloodshed" dev c++ but i didn't care, i was having the time of my life.
- cipherboy 6y ago
  Same, middle school here. Took a game dev course over the summer through the local technical college. The book recommended it, IIRC. Ran it the little bit I was still somewhat on Windows before switching fully to Linux. Now it is vim and gcc...
ytch 6y ago
Me too. IIRC, there is no free IDE on windows at that time. I used Turbo C and Visual studio 6/.NET at school. Then I find Dev-C++, finally I can code anywhere.
seba_dos1 6y ago
I'm still using Allegro to make games (although it's worth noting that it received a major overhaul with Allegro 5).
wheresmycraisin 6y ago
Me too. If only I had a better book than Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours or whatever, I might've been a decent programmer.
rodarmor 6y ago
Same! (Although not allegro.) It's so good to know that various forks of Dev-Cpp are still kicking around.
macksd 6y ago
This is the same wave of nostalgia I felt a little while ago when there was a post about the Digital Mars compiler...
dkersten 6y ago
Swap allegro with SDL and you’ve got my start to programming, at age ~14.

> Dev-cpp, mingw, and allegro where my gateway drug back in 2000 or so, nice to here it’s still around. Same, when I saw Dev-cpp, my first thought was "bloodshed.net"; I'm glad to see a fork alive and well. This IDE in particular was a stepping stone/turning point in my career.

rualca 6y ago
Me too. I haven't heard anything regarding bloodshed dev-c++ for ages, perhaps over a decade by now. Talk about a blast from the past. I still recall cutting my C++ teeth with dev-c++ writing small opengl+win32 apps with it, and struggling to find where the bloody triangle was showing up. Using dev-c++ made that experience much more enjoyable. Good times.
knighthack 6y ago
Blast from the past for me too - especially the 'bloodshed' part. Haven't heard that name in years.
dkh 6y ago
Same here! I went to a computer camp in 1999 (age 12) and started learning C++. Not able to pay for either CodeWarrior (what the camp used) or Visual C++, I stumbled across Dev-C++ on bloodshed.net and for years it became my go-to. Memories.

purplecats 6y ago

yes, same! I remember being a child and thinking it was so bizarre that they called it "bloodshed" dev c++ but i didn't care, i was having the time of my life.

cipherboy 6y ago
Same, middle school here. Took a game dev course over the summer through the local technical college. The book recommended it, IIRC. Ran it the little bit I was still somewhat on Windows before switching fully to Linux. Now it is vim and gcc...

ytch 6y ago

Me too. IIRC, there is no free IDE on windows at that time. I used Turbo C and Visual studio 6/.NET at school. Then I find Dev-C++, finally I can code anywhere.

seba_dos1 6y ago

I'm still using Allegro to make games (although it's worth noting that it received a major overhaul with Allegro 5).

wheresmycraisin 6y ago

Me too. If only I had a better book than Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours or whatever, I might've been a decent programmer.

rodarmor 6y ago

Same! (Although not allegro.) It's so good to know that various forks of Dev-Cpp are still kicking around.

macksd 6y ago

This is the same wave of nostalgia I felt a little while ago when there was a post about the Digital Mars compiler...

dkersten 6y ago

Swap allegro with SDL and you’ve got my start to programming, at age ~14.