Help a few kids learn C++

Suicide_joe · 2004-02-07T21:20:34

A few people i know and I want to start learning C++, but it is pretty difficult. We are wondering what some of you guys suggest we use to start. 2 of us have a book called C++ for dummies 4rth edition. I think my main problem might be is understanding how to use the compiler.

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Started by Suicide_joe February 07, 2004 01:13 PM

13 comments, last by Suicide_joe 20 years, 2 months ago

cowsarenotevil

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February 07, 2004 02:23 PM

quote:Original post by DerAnged
LETS NOT FLAME WAR OVER WHAT IDE IT''S ALL THE SAME COMPILER

Which is why the executables will be the same size and be the same speed, therefor invalidating your arguements.

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PoLiSh_Peta

100

February 07, 2004 08:51 PM

However, newbies could care less in all this IDE chatter. They need something that will compile their simple code. They''re not making Quake or anything, so the .exe size really doesn''t matter.

-Peter

There are two inevitabilities in life: death and failure.-PoLiSh

Deranged

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February 07, 2004 08:59 PM

EDIT: THIS POST WOULD HAVE STARTED A WAR! MY FAULT!

[edited by - DerAngeD on February 7, 2004 10:04:58 PM]

Fruny

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February 07, 2004 09:00 PM

quote:Original post by Suicide_joe
It might be because C++ for dummies is using GNU, which runs in DOS, i have xp so i can''t use my DOS. Maybe thats it?

The compiler you are refering to is known as GCC (GNU Compiler Collection). It does run on a variety of platform, including both DOS and Win32. It is also, incidentally, the compiler that is integrated into the Dev-C++ IDE, so the problem lies not with the compiler, but either with the book, or with the typist

“Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.” — Brian W. Kernighan (C programming language co-inventor)

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." — Brian W. Kernighan

Ademan555

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February 07, 2004 09:20 PM

Post yer code...

btw, use the [source.] and [/source.] tags around your source (without the ".")

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