<s>
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
full-featured	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
for	O
programming	O
in	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
bundled	O
with	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
,	O
the	O
MinGW	B-Application
or	O
TDM-GCC	B-Application
64bit	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
GCC	B-Application
as	O
its	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
Cygwin	B-Language
or	O
any	O
other	O
GCC-based	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
additional	O
aspect	O
of	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
is	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
DevPaks	O
:	O
packaged	O
extensions	O
on	O
the	O
programming	B-Application
environment	I-Application
with	O
additional	O
libraries	O
,	O
templates	O
,	O
and	O
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DevPaks	O
often	O
contain	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
,	O
GUI	B-Application
utilities	O
,	O
including	O
popular	O
toolkits	O
such	O
as	O
GTK+	B-Application
,	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
,	O
and	O
FLTK	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
of	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
can	O
download	O
additional	O
libraries	O
,	O
or	O
packages	O
of	O
code	O
that	O
increase	O
the	O
scope	O
and	O
functionality	O
of	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
,	O
such	O
as	O
graphics	O
,	O
compression	O
,	O
animation	O
,	O
sound	O
support	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
create	O
DevPaks	O
and	O
host	O
them	O
for	O
free	B-Application
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
use	O
with	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
-	O
the	O
site	O
says	O
"	O
A	O
typical	O
devpak	O
will	O
work	O
with	O
any	O
MinGW	B-Application
distribution	O
(	O
with	O
any	O
IDE	O
for	O
MinGW	B-Application
)	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2006	O
forum	O
post	O
,	O
lead	O
developer	O
Colin	O
Laplace	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
busy	O
with	O
real-life	O
issues	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
time	O
to	O
continue	O
development	O
of	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
forks	O
of	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
since	O
then	O
:	O
wxDev-C	O
++	O
,	O
the	O
Orwell	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Embarcadero-maintained	O
fork	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wxDev-C	O
++	O
is	O
a	O
development	O
team	O
that	O
has	O
taken	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
and	O
added	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
compilers	B-Language
and	O
a	O
RAD	O
designer	O
for	O
wxWidgets	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2011	O
an	O
unofficial	O
version	O
4.9.9.3	O
of	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
by	O
Orwell	O
(	O
Johan	O
Mes	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
programmer	O
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
more	O
recent	O
GCC	B-Application
4.5.2	O
compiler	B-Language
,	O
Windows	O
 '	O
SDK	O
resources	O
(	O
Win32	O
and	O
D3D	O
)	O
,	O
numerous	O
bugfixes	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
stability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
also	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
separate	O
SourceForge	B-Application
page	O
since	O
version	O
5.0.0.5	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
old	O
developer	O
is	O
n't	O
responding	O
to	O
combining	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
Orwell	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
5.7.1	O
was	O
released	O
featuring	O
the	O
then	O
recent	O
GCC	B-Application
4.8.1	O
which	O
supports	O
C++11	B-Language
.	I-Language
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
a	O
new	O
fork	O
version	O
5.50	O
of	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
was	O
sponsored	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Embarcadero	O
featuring	O
a	O
code	O
upgrade	O
to	O
Delphi	B-Language
10.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
a	O
new	O
fork	O
version	O
6.0	O
of	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
was	O
sponsored	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Embarcadero	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
recent	O
GCC	B-Application
9.2.0	O
compiler	B-Language
with	O
C++11	B-Language
and	O
partial	O
C++20	B-Language
support	O
,	O
new	O
high	O
DPI	O
support	O
,	O
UTF8	O
file	O
support	O
,	O
upgraded	O
icons	O
,	O
dark	O
theme	O
,	O
and	O
additional	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
The	O
Singapore	O
Prime	O
Minister	O
Lee	O
Hsien	O
Loong	O
posted	O
his	O
Sudoku	O
solver	O
program	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
on	O
Facebook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
screen	O
shot	O
,	O
he	O
's	O
using	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Dev-C	B-Protocol
++	I-Protocol
as	O
his	O
IDE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
recommended	O
for	O
beginners	O
learning	O
C	B-Language
or	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
Wine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
compared	O
with	O
Turbo	B-Application
C++	I-Application
or	O
other	O
IDEs	O
.	O
</s>
