k420 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 I am starting a c++ class next semester and i want to know what i should get so i can start learnign the lessons in the textbook. I use windows xp and i can't pay for a developer environment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prasanth Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Dev-C++ :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neowin_hipster Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 visual mingw isn't bad. But all you really need is notepad and mingw (gnu windows port) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 mackol Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 :punk: MS Visual C++ :punk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neowin_hipster Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 :punk: MS Visual C++ :punk: i can't pay for a developer environment Your not telling him to warez it are you!? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Vlad Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I second the motion for Dev-C++. Btw, I hope you're taking C++ as a 'stepping stone' to other languages. Seems like most universities are moving off the "C/C++ standard" and requiring java. Just something to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 xWeston Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 use notepad and a free compiler. I'm in my 5th semester of programming stuff and i've never really used the IDE's for what they are worth. I've taken data structures, OOP with C++, java, assembly, AP comp sci, and another C++ intro class... You'll be doing console based stuff for a while ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kyo116 Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 djgpp or dev c++. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 uniacid Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 You'll be doing console based stuff for a while ;) yea at my HS were doing that right now :/ also why do university's wanna move to java? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 neowin_hipster Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 I really wanna know that myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 azcodemonkey Posted November 25, 2002 Share Posted November 25, 2002 This is the reasoning at my university as I understand it. Java is new, C++ is old. I'm sure people asked the same question when Pascal was dumped in favor of C++. Although, I think it is a huge mistake to move to Java. Most engineers I know, hardware or software, say C/C++ is extremely important if you want to program anything remotely high performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kyo116 Posted November 26, 2002 Share Posted November 26, 2002 i feel java's major advantage and disadvantage is being cross platform. on one hand, u could run your code almost anywhere. but on the other, it makes your code run slow and perform poorly. and pascal still lives in delphi, although its now object pascal. however, the industry standard is still c++ and it will be for quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I am starting a c++ class next semester and i want to know what i should get so i can start learnign the lessons in the textbook. I use windows xp and i can't pay for a developer environment
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