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I'm currently learning C, then want to go onto C++, but I need a decent compiler and IDE for BOTH languages.
I'm currently using DJGPP with RHIDE from delorie.com, the free version that you download in a dozen .zip files, but I find it's a real pig to configure and use with Win2k, so I'm looking for a decent all-in-one package.
I'm thinking of MS Visual C++ Standard v6 which I can get for just over £70, but I'm not sure if it will compile C as well as C++. (I THINK it will, but I'm not 100%).
Bearing in mind that I'm just 'learning' the language and that I'm not a professional programmer, is this the right package for me? Or are there better alternatives out there like Borland C++ for instance?
I'm currently using DJGPP with RHIDE from delorie.com, the free version that you download in a dozen .zip files, but I find it's a real pig to configure and use with Win2k, so I'm looking for a decent all-in-one package.
I'm thinking of MS Visual C++ Standard v6 which I can get for just over £70, but I'm not sure if it will compile C as well as C++. (I THINK it will, but I'm not 100%).
Bearing in mind that I'm just 'learning' the language and that I'm not a professional programmer, is this the right package for me? Or are there better alternatives out there like Borland C++ for instance?
Yep, very helpful thanks :-)
/me surfs off to the Borland site to check out the freebie compiler...
/me surfs off to the Borland site to check out the freebie compiler...
cooldogs wrote:
> Where can you learn C and C++?
loads of places...
There are sites on the Web that will teach you...
a quick search will bring up loads, although a lot of people prefer books...
Of which there will be a few at your public library...
They may be a little old... but the language hasnt really changed since it started...
(only really the includsion of Windows development stuff, but you'll be able to figure that kinda thing out when you get to it :)
Also, Borland do a Teach Yourlf C++ pack, which includes book and software (compiler, examples, etc....) for a relatively cheap price?
learning C/C++ is relativly easy...
Once you know the basics, you can learn the rest by wirting programs and keeping a good reference book/help files at hand....
It might at first look a bit daunting, but on eyou start you'll see that its not all that complicated...
It should take anytime between a day and a week to learn the basics...
:)
> Where can you learn C and C++?
loads of places...
There are sites on the Web that will teach you...
a quick search will bring up loads, although a lot of people prefer books...
Of which there will be a few at your public library...
They may be a little old... but the language hasnt really changed since it started...
(only really the includsion of Windows development stuff, but you'll be able to figure that kinda thing out when you get to it :)
Also, Borland do a Teach Yourlf C++ pack, which includes book and software (compiler, examples, etc....) for a relatively cheap price?
learning C/C++ is relativly easy...
Once you know the basics, you can learn the rest by wirting programs and keeping a good reference book/help files at hand....
It might at first look a bit daunting, but on eyou start you'll see that its not all that complicated...
It should take anytime between a day and a week to learn the basics...
:)
All C++ compilers will also do C ...
(they are pretty much excatly the same language after all)
As for compiler...
It depends what type of code you want to develop...
If your doing primarily Windows code... the Visual C++ has better Microsoft support...
As a result most professional coders I run into use Visual C++ over Borland C/C++
But I understand that a lot of people prefer the Borland C++ compiler (as opposed to the programming interface)...
If your just after a compiler, then Borland are giving away a comand line C/C++ comiler away free at their site...
Also, Borland do a C/C++ software package aimed at teaching people how to program in C/C++ for a good price?
Why not download the demos for both languages and see which interface you prefer?
(they are pretty much excatly the same language after all)
As for compiler...
It depends what type of code you want to develop...
If your doing primarily Windows code... the Visual C++ has better Microsoft support...
As a result most professional coders I run into use Visual C++ over Borland C/C++
But I understand that a lot of people prefer the Borland C++ compiler (as opposed to the programming interface)...
If your just after a compiler, then Borland are giving away a comand line C/C++ comiler away free at their site...
Also, Borland do a C/C++ software package aimed at teaching people how to program in C/C++ for a good price?
Why not download the demos for both languages and see which interface you prefer?
I'm currently learning C, then want to go onto C++, but I need a decent compiler and IDE for BOTH languages.
I'm currently using DJGPP with RHIDE from delorie.com, the free version that you download in a dozen .zip files, but I find it's a real pig to configure and use with Win2k, so I'm looking for a decent all-in-one package.
I'm thinking of MS Visual C++ Standard v6 which I can get for just over £70, but I'm not sure if it will compile C as well as C++. (I THINK it will, but I'm not 100%).
Bearing in mind that I'm just 'learning' the language and that I'm not a professional programmer, is this the right package for me? Or are there better alternatives out there like Borland C++ for instance?
I'm currently using DJGPP with RHIDE from delorie.com, the free version that you download in a dozen .zip files, but I find it's a real pig to configure and use with Win2k, so I'm looking for a decent all-in-one package.
I'm thinking of MS Visual C++ Standard v6 which I can get for just over £70, but I'm not sure if it will compile C as well as C++. (I THINK it will, but I'm not 100%).
Bearing in mind that I'm just 'learning' the language and that I'm not a professional programmer, is this the right package for me? Or are there better alternatives out there like Borland C++ for instance?