Re: [Dev-C++] C++ programming

[Alvin T. <al...@th...>]

for one thing, for c++ i know you're not supposed to include 
'iostream.h', but rather 'iostream' (minus the extension). same for a 
lot of other includes...

hth,
alvin


Don Rutherford wrote:

> I am new to C++: I have had a devil of a job to find a compiler to go 
> with Windows XP.
> I thought Dev -C was the answer until I tried it.
> It works beautifully for my C progs but even on the shortest C+ progs 
> (say 7 lines) it flags up a compile error for line 29!
> It says: warning - backward error - no such file.
>  
> It will not allow "cout" unless I have #include<iostream.h>
> and if  I do have that it flags up a red line error.
>  
> Can anyone point out the where the trouble is?
>  
> Regards.