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03 Feb 2009, 8:04 pm

Alright, I've got the basics of SQL down. Now, back to a programming language or something. Whatever they are called. Now I really don't know which languages or compilers or whatnot are available for me, given that I have no money to spend. I remember when I used Q-Basic and made some very basic stuff and forgot it all back in and around 1992-93. I know my friends were studying C++ in high school but I never learned much from them. So I am basically a beginner and want to start from scratch.

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03 Feb 2009, 8:19 pm

as far as free compilers for C/C++ go, I'm a big fan of Bloodshed Dev-C++

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03 Feb 2009, 8:53 pm

Xelebes wrote:

...given that I have no money to spend.

Install Linux (no cost) and you have all the compilers and interpreters and databases you have ever heard of (at no cost) with a wide range of IDEs to make things easy.

E.g. monodevelop is C/C++/C#/Boo/Java/Nemerle/ILasm/ASP.NET Development Environment
or eclipse, for another range of languages. And kdevelop. And....

Try Googling "linux under windows"

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03 Feb 2009, 8:59 pm

Try http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/. Source forge has plenty of free, unencumbered compilers and interpreters without spy or adware. I like what another poster posted, "Install Linux." However, if you must write for the Microsoft plateform, then MinGW is what I would use.

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03 Feb 2009, 9:48 pm

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All right, I have it downloaded but hitting a dead end. How do I start it all up? The Getting Started only states how to install it and leaves it at that.

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03 Feb 2009, 10:07 pm

Try visiting this site. It tells you what you need to do to get it going.

http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MinGWiki

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03 Feb 2009, 10:10 pm

cyberscan wrote:

Try visiting this site. It tells you what you need to do to get it going.

http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MinGWiki

Already there and am getting nowhere.

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03 Feb 2009, 10:11 pm

WHere are you at now?

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03 Feb 2009, 10:13 pm

cyberscan wrote:

WHere are you at now?

A - I have it installed
B - I have the destination folder open, showing all the libraries and so forth.

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03 Feb 2009, 10:14 pm

http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started is where I'd visit first. The one thing about this package is that it is a command line compiler. It does not contain a graphical integrated Development Environment.

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03 Feb 2009, 10:17 pm

So use Run then?

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03 Feb 2009, 10:18 pm

Since it is a command line program, I would recommend opening up a dos console window. Start > run and type in cmd and hit enter.

Try visiting thins link as well:
http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MinGWforFirstTimeUsers

I have used MinGW to write some pretty complex programs. The link I poseted here will show you how to compile a Hello World type of program.

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03 Feb 2009, 10:48 pm

cyberscan wrote:

Try visiting thins link as well:
http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MinGWforFirstTimeUsers

This link assumes that I have hello.cpp

Argh. I hope you have one hell of a patience. lol

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03 Feb 2009, 10:52 pm

If you don't, then you can open up edit or notepad and quickly code it.

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03 Feb 2009, 10:57 pm

Microsoft offers "express" editions of its compilers that are free. Go to www.microsoft.com and search for Visual Studio 2008 Express.

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03 Feb 2009, 10:58 pm

In that case, I'm going to need a textbook at this rate.

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