Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:26:30 +0200 From: Christer Hermansson <mail@chdevelopment.se> To: James Jeffery <cascadingstylez@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C++ Compiler On FreeBSD Message-ID: <4708D076.3090406@chdevelopment.se> In-Reply-To: <972994690710061253q483e26ber68f4716d3202d1fa@mail.gmail.com> References: <972994690710061253q483e26ber68f4716d3202d1fa@mail.gmail.com>
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James Jeffery wrote: > Evening to you all (or morning in some parts of the world). > > Im learning C++ from Sams Teach Yourself C++, now many will call this > a dumb method, and the books pointless and stupid, but i have no knowledge > of any lower level languages, so i do need to be spoon fed the basics. > > Im using Borland C++ compiler on XP and was wondering what compilers > there are for FreeBSD that would allow me to compile and execute some > of the examples i will practise from the book. > > Also if anyone wants to recommend any other books on C++ feel free. We > are learning VB at college at the moment, i like it, but its not machine > portable > and i dont like the whole drag and drop way of creating a program, seems > like > cheating. > > Thanks for reading > > James > The FreeBSD Developers' Handbook could be good to check out as well: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/tools-compiling.html I think it's best to start with C and then move onto C++, however I use C for low level things with only textbased user interfaces and Java for things that require a GUI. -- Christer Hermansson
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