Newbie & confussed

Hello Forum members, I am very new to C++ & have downloaded the tutoral. I have experience with BASIC. I want to program some of my own ideas.

So, I have a dumb question. If Basic is written with DOS do I use a COMPILER to write C++ & where can I download it. At this very early stage I'm lost.
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C++ header and code files can be edited in simple text editors. You later on create the application by compiling the files using a compiler.

I'm a Microsoft guy and I can only tell you about Windows: You can download Visual Studio Express for free. It is a source code editor plus it comes with a compiler.
Thanks, WebJose. I'm downloading it now...
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