Re: [Dev-C++] Dear dave

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

That book was written before the latest C++ standard update.

A large number of older C include files have now received new names, such
as stdio.h is renamed to cstdio.h, stdlib.h is renamed to cstdlib and so
on.

Second, all new C++ include files (and the old C include files hat got
renamed) have dropped the ".h" extension.

Third, the C++ symbols have moved into a new std:: namespace, to reduce
problems with updates of the C++ standard resulting in name collisions
with symbols already in use in existing software.

By using the old include file names, you can still build "hello world"
applications according to the old standard. However, the recommendation is
that all new code should be rewritten to follow the current C++ standard.
Buy following the current standard, you will have fewer problems in the
future, where the size of your code increases or with future C++ standard
updates.

The code you supplied - with the exception of capital characters at start
of a number of symbols - is correct for an old-style "hello world". The
code you seem to have already received by other people will most probably
be the recommended coding style for a new-style "hello world" application.

/Per W