Newbie Alert! What to use?

[Matt_T_hat]

Hello again don't groan but I've come back.

This time I'm going to teach myself about C++ and will be doing so accross the following three platforms.

Win XP
Debian
Win 98

I'm heavily into free-stuff (like gnu gpl etc) and have only a copy of VB6 sitting on the 98 box. I have no cash to purchase additional / new M$ C++ stuff and so need something I can use to compile with on Win XP which to be honest is likely to be the main box.

Sooner or later the debian PC will be usefull and I might even compile stuff on that too.

I'm going to follow: http://stud3.tuwien.ac.at/~e0226430/...tructure.xhtml if no one minds as it looks like a good intro.

So my question, this time in English. Please can you point me at a Free as in beer and speach C++ compiler that a total noob can use.

Thanks.

[sunburnt]

Under debian, you can use g++ to compile c++ source code. Most likely, your debian system comes with g++ ; if it didn't, you should be able to simply perform an "apt-get install g++."

Of course, this is just a compiler. If you want some sort of visual studio-esque interface, you'll have to find a front end. A lot of people just use emacs or vi(m) , but there are IDEs out there such as Anjuta, KDevelop (for kde), etc.

Under windows, you can use Dev-C++, which is a front end to either the windows port of gcc called mingw or borland's compiler. Microsoft also makesVisual C++ Express available for free, which is a good solution too.

[CornedBee]

However, VC++ might not be able to run on 98, and if it does, it might be too slow for proper use.
Nevertheless, you should install it on the XP computer, because testing across compilers is just as important as testing across platforms.

Regarding my tutorial, its main problem is that it's very incomplete.

[Matt_T_hat]

Regarding my tutorial, its main problem is that it's very incomplete.

Ah but the power of asking the right questions... and the author of said tutorial is nice and active right here at home on the vbforums. What more could a "starting" coder want?

[CornedBee]

I don't know about nice