how can i tell Visual Studio what compiler to use

[ruby condor]

im assuming visual studio has a built in compiler as when i click on the local windows debugger it runs even without me installing a compiler. So how can i tell it to use the MINGW compiler?

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[fresh folio]

when you install visual studio for developing C++ applications, it comes with microsoft’s C++ compiler called MSVC. you can optionally install clang aswell

[ruby condor]

interesting, so am i able to change it to mingw? or is it those two options

[thick cove]

You don't

it uses MSVC and thats fine

don't bother with mingw

[ruby condor]

oh how come?

[thick cove]

cause there is 0 benefit

[ruby condor]

fair enough, well is there any way to use the mingw terminal instead of whatever vs uses by default? (for learning experience)

[thick cove]

not realy. and I don't think thats a real learning experience either

and im not sure what terminal you are exactly implying

[ruby condor]

alright thanks for the info!

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