Help please

[joshrocks]

How do i make my own software without a other companies software like most of you would probly say download dev bloodshed c++ or code blocks, Well how do i make one of those myself without using something someone else wan'ts me to download, would i use notepad? also how much would this cost me could it possibly be free?

[Disch]

How do i make my own software without a other companies software

This is kind of an impossible question to answer because it's completely subjective. Where do you want to draw the line?

If you don't want to use an IDE like Code::Blocks or MSVS, you can use notepad. But notepad is still another company's software.

Compilers are also someone else's software, and you can't make anything in C++ at all without a compiler.

So if you don't want to use a compiler, you'd have to write raw machine code... but to do that you need a hex editor... but again hex editors are software, so you have the same problem.

Well how do i make one of those myself without using something someone else wan'ts me to download

Just suck it up and use them. You can use other tools to create your own tools. Once your own tools are working you can throw out the other tools and use your tools exclusively.

would i use notepad?

Notepad will let you type text, but it will not generate code. For that you'll need a compiler.

But using notepad is masochism and I really advise against it. You'll just be making things a million times harder on yourself.

how much would this cost me could it possibly be free?

Code::Blocks, MSVC++ Express, and countless other IDEs are 100% free.

Just use them.