Good C compiler?

I am beggining to learn C and I want a compiler that compiles source code from a text file.

Good C compiler?
Well GCC is your basic free C compiler included with any distro of linux. I think it's also available through Cygwin for windows.





For commercial C compilers, Visual Studio is a full featured IDE and compiler. It's fantastic.





May I suggest that you not learn C and instead learn C++? All programming today is object oriented. C++ is object oriented C. A solid understanding of C++ is a strong base for learning other strongly typed programming languages.





C++ for low level performance code.


Python for scripting


and C# for quick apps or server pages. Those are my recommendations.
Reply:Emacs works well





http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
Reply:I use the GNU C compiler, and I think it's very good.





It's available for a wide variety of platforms. If you're using MS Windows, try cygwin:


http://www.cygwin.com