If you want to configure VS Code for Microsoft C++ and make sure that its compiler is working. Working solutions have been mentioned in this post.

Code::Blocks is open source IDE, established in C++ using WX Widgets as the GUI tool kit. Learn how to download & install Code::Block.

Zapcc, a caching C++ compiler built for speed, has gone open source. Ceemple Software, Zapcc’s builder, claims the compiler offers dramatic improvements in both incremental and full builds ...

Emscripten C/C++-to-JavaScript project uses a back-end derived from LLVM for greater speed and a more dedicated compiler.

Going forward, Clang and rustc will be able to compile C and C++ source code into Windows binaries that natively take advantage of Windows CFG.

In version 17.14 of Visual Studio 2022, the MSVC compiler generates code twenty percent faster than in version 17, according to Microsoft. Furthermore, the compiler simplifies the data flow so ...

Performance isn't yet up to scratch (eventually it should be as fast as C++). In other words, you can dive in and play with Rust, but future versions of the compiler will break your code.