From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 7 12:26:32 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 508C416A41A for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 12:26:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@chdevelopment.se) Received: from av6-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (av6-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 158CB13C459 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 12:26:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@chdevelopment.se) Received: by av6-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 9491C386D5; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:26:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net [81.228.9.101]) by av6-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A555383FA; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:26:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from melissa.chdevelopment.se (90-227-26-163-no68.tbcn.telia.com [90.227.26.163]) by smtp3-1-sn3.vrr.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B10D37E43; Sun, 7 Oct 2007 14:26:30 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4708D076.3090406@chdevelopment.se> Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:26:30 +0200 From: Christer Hermansson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070811 SeaMonkey/1.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Jeffery References: <972994690710061253q483e26ber68f4716d3202d1fa@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <972994690710061253q483e26ber68f4716d3202d1fa@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C++ Compiler On FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:26:32 -0000 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