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Date:      Sat, 6 Oct 2007 22:13:56 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        James Jeffery <cascadingstylez@googlemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: C++ Compiler On FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20071006201356.GB55336@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <972994690710061253q483e26ber68f4716d3202d1fa@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <972994690710061253q483e26ber68f4716d3202d1fa@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 08:53:00PM +0100, James Jeffery wrote:
> Evening to you all (or morning in some parts of the world).
>=20
> 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.

I'd say that C++ isn't the easiest way to learn programming. I'd suggest
starting with Perl, Ruby or Python.

> 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.

FreeBSD comes with the GNU C++ and C compilers installed. There are
others available (Intel) or in progress (OpenWatcom).

Roland
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R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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