i wonder if any of you guys can help me-((

[rymhin]

Hi people,
I just started to learn C++ today.
i wonder which is the best complier for a beginner like me.

thanks,
ray

[muzhogg]

Depends upon three thing;

How complicated you want it to be?
What operating system you're using?
How much you want to pay?

If the answers to these questions are; "not very", "windows" and "nothing" then I'd suggest Dev-Cpp (which I use)

This is an IDE - an Integrated Development Environment - which looks very much like a basic word-processor (it is!) but has all the necessary add-ons to let you compile and run C++ code.

It also comes with all the necessary C++ libraries -- a critical requirement if you want to get up and coding without delay.

The Dev-Cpp web site is here (sorry, but I'm not sure we can load clickable links on this forum);

http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

And there's a link on this page to download and install.

You can also subscribe to their forum;

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=128327

BUT ******WARNING****** the guys on the Dev-Cpp forum are NOT very tolerant of people asking questions to which answers are already found in the FAQ. They ARE, however, very knowledgeable and give very good support--which makes Dev-Cpp a pretty good choice.

Unfortunately Dev-Cpp has no Linux or Mac compatible version -- so for these systems you'll have to go elsewhere.

Finally, for a list of C/C++ resources (including compilers, IDEs and etc) go here;

http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/cpp.shtml

Best of luck

[rymhin]

-Muzhogg

Thanks for telling me all the details, I appreciated.
I wonder if I can ask you more questions about C++ in MSN.
However, I think that would be great to ask someone like you.

[muzhogg]

I'm always happy to help -- just that I don't use MSN.

But it's probably better to use forums anyway -- that way a whole lot more people get to see and work on your problems.

If you're worried that your questions might seem a bit dumb -- don't. The chances that you'll have the privelege of asking the dumbest ever C++ question are very, very slim :)

all the best