RE: [Dev-C++] some more to Graphics

[Ioannis V. <no...@ya...>]

I am still in the phase of learning C++ (currenly reading Bjarne
Stroustrup's Special Edition) so i only know console stuff and so on, but
keep in mind that another disadvantage of free-to-download-from-borland
turbo c++ is that it is not supporting the official ANSI C++ standard, the
STL, and many other things, so you are in great language disadvantage. That
is, you are missing key language facilities which provide many solutions for
everyday demanding tasks, you have to reinvent the wheel in many cases, and
face language restrictions which were solved by the ANSI standards committee
and even face compiler bugs and restrictions which were solved by later
versions of the compiler. If i remember well turbo c++ 3 is more than a
decade old (the official ANSI C++ standard came out 1998) so i guess you are
missing key facilities such as exception handling, templates, e.t.c..
 On the other hand Dev-C++ comes equipped with last version of GCC (late
1999 release) which is the best free compiler available (or one of the
best). If you want to use a Borland's compiler i suggest you download the
*latest* release of Borland C++ 5.5 which is free to download and extremelly
good.

I suggest you also take a look at Bjarne Stroustrup's pages at the following
link (he is the creator of C++):
http://www.research.att.com/~bs/

Ioannis

P.S.. GCC (Dev-C++ also supports Objective C).
  -----Original Message-----
  From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...]On Behalf Of Stein Nygεrd
  Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 10:41 AM
  To: dev...@li...
  Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] some more to Graphics


  Wow... 8-)
  Well, I have started downloding the newest version of dev-dpp right this
instant. Last time at used it I only managed to compile simple
console-programs which wrote a stupid message or somthin'. As soon as I
bagan to compile bigger programs, it seemed as if the commands should be
wrote different from what I used to do in Turbo C++ 3.0. Well, should they
be more or less the same? I really would like to get started on som
game-programming for windows! Isn't there alot of advantages? I mean, more
memory, newest graphics-units, Direct-stuff etc.? I have once or twice taked
a look at some windows-programs but I really don't know where to start.
There is an enourmous amount of commands like "WIN_API_something" and
"OpenWINdow", and stuff like that. I don't know what the heck it means. It
would be nice with an article about some programming for windows for extreme
beginners, or something. Where do I start, and what do I do?

  Oh, 66% of DevCpp4.zip downloaded... hehe, I can't wait to see if I figure
out something kewl with it. After all I do like the program it self an the
interface and so on. :-)

  Thanks - Stein Nygεrd
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Elias Pschernig
    To: dev...@li...
    Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 3:12 PM
    Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] some more to Graphics


    Do you get Dev-C++ not working at all, or do you just not get it to
compile programs. In any case, there should be some error message which
might help finding out why it doesn't work.
    For OpenGL and DirectX, there are lots of documentation and tutorials
around - but i can't suggest any because i am instead using a 2D game
programming library called Allegro (www.allegro.cc). It also works in DOS
with the DJGPP compiler.
      Thanks alot, I think I'll try it out! :-)
      But, where can i find help to get started with dev-cpp, because I
can't make it work so far. It's like you have to know which files to include
'n stuff.
      Where can i find help to get started with some really kewl
game+graphics-programming in (fx. dev-cpp), maybe even with some kewl stuff
like DirectX, OpenGL and Direct3D.

      Well, I hope you guys got some cool things for me.
      Thanks, 'n ceep coding! :-)