Which compilers are used by major game developers?

Jo
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Lately I asked myself which compilers are used by game developers for "resource-heavy" games like GTA or Fortnite.

I can hardly imagine that common compilers like GNU or Clang for C ++ can keep up.

As I said, I would be interested.

sa

Clang is the best C ++ compiler in the world. GCC has caught up in the last few years and even the old MSVC ++ has gotten a lot better lately.

The ICC is a niche and mostly Clang ++, MSVC ++ and G ++ are used in that order.

He

The Microsoft Compilers (MSVC Build Tools) are often used especially for Windows platforms. Otherwise LLVM / Clang. Some companies probably also use modified compilers, but as far as I know that is less the case.

Bu

Difficult to say, especially since that changes all the time. But ICC should be the king. Also, G ++ probably still stands out from CLANG.

However, MSVC will still be used frequently under Windows.