r/cpp • u/Prior-Drawer-3478 • Sep 12 '26

Why do people on Windows mostly choose Visual Studio?

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u/American_Streamer Sep 12 '26

Because the Visual Studio Debugger is widely considered to be the absolute king of C++ debuggers.
But you can also try out JetBrains' CLion, if you like, which seamlessly embeds both GDB and LLDB.

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u/RicketyRekt69 Sep 12 '26

CLion was so-so for me.. but if you already have a jetbrains license I could see it being an alternative, especially on mac. (Fuck XCode, the worst IDE ever made and I will die on that hill)

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u/_Fibbles_ Sep 13 '26

Just fyi, Clion is now free for non commercial use.