Re: [Dev-C++] Freshly installed Dev-C++, newbie problems...

[Matthews <dem...@uw...>]

At 08:45 PM 11/01/2003 +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
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>[Dev-C++] Freshly installed Dev-C++, newbie problems...   Hello.
>
>I've just installed Dev-C++, and have encountered several problems:
>
>1. I launched the default "hello world" example - it failed to find
>iostream.h. No wonder: iostream.h is not in dev-cpp/include... I'm
>not a C pro, so I have no idea what to copy and where, to correct
>this error... Or should I never use iostream.h..?
>   ><> and everything in it is defined in the namespace std;   Example: =20
><>   int main() {  <<"Hello new world!\n"; }     In main() return 0; is
>optional.    =20
>2. Another example, the windowed one, compiled and executed correctly -
>but refuses to debug: it complains that my project has no debug
>information included, and attempts to turn it on, but to no avail.

I believe you need to go into the compiler options and check the "Generate
Debugging Info" or  something like that.

>3. More of a general question, which I have not found an answer in the
>FAQ for. How _exactly_ does Dev-C++ compare to MS Visual C++ in all
>possible terms? I hardly have time to try each of them out
>extensively enough to compare them myself...
>   > Dev-C++ compiler, the MINGW32 supports only Win32 API.  =20
>Ioannis Vranos

Dev-C++ also doesn't have a bunch of wizards to do everything for you.
Also, it's free, which I think makes it far superior :)

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