64 Bit C compiler for Windows 7 [closed]

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I am having 64 bit Windows 7 as my operating system and want to run some c programs. Is there a compiler for the same? I mean a 64 bit c compiler.

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Yes, you can try MinGW-w64. It's a 64-bit distribution of GCC for Windows. I think you want mingw-w64-1.0-bin_i686-mingw_20100702.zip. This distribution is actively maintained, and GCC has quite good support for modern C.

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You could use the C compiler provided with Visual Studio 2010 (or probably 2008), just set your target type to x64 and compile .c files, you will get a 64-bit EXE.

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If you're looking for a development environment as well, Visual C++ (Express) might be worth a peek: http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/