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[marquijr]

I am a rank beginner (although I used to be proficient in BASIC). After spending a few hours with a compiler, I have one essential question. I understand that when I "run" a program from the compiler it shows up in the little black box (black background with white letters) that even expanded takes up only half my screen. But when I "open" one of these .exe program files from by computer's native system, it also opens in that little black box. That can't be how C++ programs run, or is it?

Thanks.

[LB]

All "native" programs run in the console by default, the language they were written in does not matter. You have to use your operating system's API to get rid of the console and make an actual window instead, or you can use a graphics library like SDL or SFML to do it more easily and write more portable code.