C++

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Dec 5 2001, 2:12 pm
Ok I just got a 1040 page book on C++. I also got a compiler. The compiler I got is called Code Warrior (don't know if its good) and the book had me start with a Hello World output code.

#include
using namespace std;
int Main ()
{
cout << "Hello World";
return 0;
}

C++ looks pretty cool and I just wanted to know what you guys know about it and what I can do with it. I also want to know what some more of this stuff means!!!
Thanks,
Air King
Dec 5 2001, 2:14 pm
Ick, I hate C++, DM is so much better.
Dec 5 2001, 2:14 pm
In response to Light
Indeed.. I left C++ for DM.

-- Tarmas.
Dec 5 2001, 2:15 pm
In response to Tarmas
Tarmas wrote:
Indeed.. I left C++ for DM.

-- Tarmas.

I like DM, but I want more of a chalange.
Dec 5 2001, 2:16 pm
In response to Air _King
You are insane.

-- Tarmas.
Dec 5 2001, 2:16 pm
You can do just about anything. I'm almost positive Windows was made with C++. If not then they used C.
Dec 5 2001, 2:18 pm
Air _King wrote:
Ok I just got a 1040 page book on C++. I also got a compiler. The compiler I got is called Code Warrior (don't know if its good) and the book had me start with a Hello World output code.

Heh. I don't get books, yet. I mostly just hunt tutorials on-line. One good beginner's one that I look through every once and a while to refresh the little amount I know is Online C++ Tutorial. It has stuff to pointers and memory management, so far. It's a work in progress!
#include <iostream>  //contains stuff like cout (src, in BYOND's case)
using namespace std;
int Main () //much like client/New()... every program must have a Main() function
{
    cout << "Hello World"; // src << "Hello World!" might want to have a << endl; where the ; is in there
    return 0; //something special here... too lazy to remember
}


Don't blame me if anything's wrong!
Dec 5 2001, 2:24 pm
In response to Vortezz
Ok anyone have Code Warrior??? I can't get it to put the .cpp into the source folder. It has the hello.cpp place holder file, but not the main.cpp i added.
Dec 5 2001, 2:37 pm
Air _King wrote:
Ok I just got a 1040 page book on C++. I also got a compiler. The compiler I got is called Code Warrior (don't know if its good) and the book had me start with a Hello World output code.


Code Warrior is a pretty highly respected tool. You'll do well to learn it.

And C++ is essential to learn if you want to get jobs in programming or in gaming.

It does, however, suck donkeys in many big ways.
Dec 5 2001, 3:09 pm
In response to Tarmas
when I try to make it go to a new line it adds it on to the last one. What is the command(s) for this? I looked in the book, but with 1040...
Dec 5 2001, 3:22 pm
In response to Tarmas
Do you want to know why this is easier then c++ is
its becuase this programming language was made for mainly games (i thinks thst it)
and c++ is made for every thing and not just games.
thats why DM is much easier
Dec 5 2001, 3:25 pm
In response to Greg
No, DM is easier because Dan and Tom made it that way. DM doesn't have some of the commands that C++ does because, the average person doesn't need to use them.

I'm sure if there was a command in C++ that you needed for your game, I'm sure they could put it in if they felt it was necessary.
Dec 5 2001, 3:26 pm
In response to Evilkevkev
Evilkevkev wrote:
No, DM is easier because Dan and Tom made it that way. DM doesn't have some of the commands that C++ does because, the average person doesn't need to use them.

I'm sure if there was a command in C++ that you needed for your game, I'm sure they could put it in if they felt it was necessary.


didnt i say DM was easier
i am pretty sure i did
Dec 5 2001, 3:28 pm
In response to Greg
I was correcting you on WHY it is easier, not that it is easier.

[EDIT]
It's not that important though so let's not make a big deal of it and get off topic any more than we already are.
Dec 5 2001, 3:31 pm
In response to Greg
Greg wrote:
Do you want to know why this is easier then c++ is
its becuase this programming language was made for mainly games (i thinks thst it)
and c++ is made for every thing and not just games.
thats why DM is much easier

DM can in fact be used for many purposes beyond games, and is a general purpose language, except for the visual display aspect which is tied to the game system.

You could certainly use it for all sorts of web applications, and I would be quite happy to solve many normal problems using it.

The reasons DM are easier than C++ have to do with the language design decisions, rather than the purpose of the language.
Dec 5 2001, 4:50 pm
In response to Air _King
Air _King wrote:
when I try to make it go to a new line it adds it on to the last one. What is the command(s) for this? I looked in the book, but with 1040...

You mean something like this?
cout << "Hello World\n";
cout << "This line is now underneath!";

Dec 5 2001, 4:53 pm
In response to Air _King
Air _King wrote:
Tarmas wrote:
Indeed.. I left C++ for DM.

-- Tarmas.

I like DM, but I want more of a chalange.

From my understanding of DM and C/C++, most of the challenge of the latter is just a lot of extra work that either the DM compiler or the BYOND engine would normally do for you just as well or better.
Dec 5 2001, 4:56 pm
In response to Bingis
Conviniently (sp?) "\n" is called "the new line modifier" or "newline"
Dec 5 2001, 8:36 pm
In response to Air _King
Challenge? Try remapping your keyboard, then programming in DM.
Dec 6 2001, 2:46 pm
I program in c++, and I would suggest reading the tutorial at http://www.cplusplus.com . I really think tutorials are much better than books.
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