A86: Re: tutorials / compiler for C++ ?


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A86: Re: tutorials / compiler for C++ ?



The best book I've seen for learning C++ is Sam's Publishing's "Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days".  It is an excellent book that will get programming quickly, even if you've never programmed in C or BASIC.  I have many books in their TYI21D series, and I've loved everyone of them, except for the downright awful "Teach Yourself Visual C++ 5 in 21 Days".  But then again, that could just be me, as I didn't find the MSDN tutorials to be any better.
 
As for a compiler, you can get the DJGPP compiler from www.delorie.com.  Someone at work had a variant (I believe) of a GNU compiler for Win95/NT that even had a nice IDE.  I'll find out which one that is and let you know.  My compiler of choice for the past four years is Watcom C/C++.  I bought version 10.6 for $99 with the student price.  It's an excellent compiler and has both a 16 and 32 bit version for ALL x86 platforms (DOS, Win 3.1, Win32, Win95, NT, OS/2).  It has the best optimizer you will find for an x86 platform, though I've heard the newest versions of VC++ are on par for Win95/98 (but what do you expect when 94% of your time is spent in OS calls?).
 
If you're looking to do DOS development, Watcom provides the best environment possible.  What's not to love about 32 bit DOS under DOS/4GW?  You can do malloc(40000000) and you won't get a NULL pointer!  But then again, DJGPP 2 wasn't around when I bought Watcom (id was still writing Quake), and I've never used DJGPP, so it might do the same thing.  I'd recommend checking it out first, because there are tons more tools and sources for DJGPP.  But, as we know, DOS is dead, so...
----- Original Message -----
From: Mathieu Pillard
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 1:08 PM
Subject: A86: tutorials / compiler for C++ ?

I think somebody has already asked this, but where can I find tutorials and/or a good compiler for C++ ?? (Under Win95...)

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