ANSI-standard C++ compiler

[Paul Redmond]

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 17:04, John wrote:
> I will have to investigate this as I what ever I chose to use I will 
> need to have it run on MS Dos.  He is an older teacher and he wants 
> things done his way and always has.

I doubt it is an age thing. It makes sense to get things done in a
common way for assessment reasons. No one, 19 or 90, wants to assess
dozens of assignments submitted for half a dozen or more various
platforms.

Stick to using ANSI headers and you'll probably have few problems.

Paul.



> On Thursday, November 20, 2003, at 08:18 AM, Paul Redmond wrote:
> 
> >
> > I just would just point out that gcc or g++ running on a Linux box (and
> > invoked by Kdev) will produce a binary for Linux.
> >
> > This binary will not execute under MDOS.
> >
> > However there is nothing to stop you using Kdevelop to create a well
> > written and portable terminal application. You would then recompile 
> > your
> > source code using the environment that will probably be described to 
> > you
> > at the start of your course.
> >
> > Additionally there are ways to set up cross-compilation (creating a
> > binary executable to run on a foreign system). You can bear this in 
> > mind
> > and investigate if you find you have time to kill.
> >
> > Best of luck,
> > Paul.



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