Dev-C++ is not a compiler, it is a IDE which uses (by default) MinGW(on windows) and idk bout linux but prob. gcc (i use code::blocks as IDE(which uses gcc by default(linux)))
But on Windows, Visual Studio is the best compiler. Then next version of TPT is going to be compiled using that, it will be noticeably faster (10-20%) than the current version, which uses a really bad compiler.
There's three very popular lines of compilers: the GNU collection (gcc), the Microsoft Visual C++ Compilers (msvc) and lastly, clang. TPT is compiled using gcc for most releases because gcc is easy to automate and nearly ubiquitous. MSVC handles Windows better, because it was designed for Windows development by Microsoft. It probably will also make TPT faster :P
I mostly use GCC or clang, but I have a MSVC project at hand right now.