RE: C++ Compilers for Windows, and a Good Book

  • From: "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:29:14 -0800

Hi,
I used to use Borland compiler, but since installing VS2008, I use VS for my
projects.
As for books, I read C++ Cookbook and Practical C++ Programming (O'Reilly
Books). I sometimes read Steve Heller's C++ A Dialogue (when I just started
learning about C++).
Cheers,
Joseph

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerneels Roos
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 4:59 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: C++ Compilers for Windows, and a Good Book

Hi list,

Apart from the MinGW suite and Cygwin that both provide GCC , are there 
any other compilers for C++ that you guys can recommend -- including 
commercial ones -- for Windows?

Last week I read a few chapters from the classic Thinking in C++ book 
available from www.mindview.com, and I was reminded again what an 
excellent language C++ still is. The book is really very good and 
comprises 2 volumes covering a lot of ground.  C++ is not a simple 
language, with many, many features you can shoot yourself in the foot 
with, but that is the price of power, execution speed and flexibility, 
and maintaining compatibility with C (part of the design objectives of 
the language).

Most of us will probably not code business applications in C++, but I 
would encourage any serious programmer to study it to gain a deeper 
understanding of how Java and C# solves many of the difficult areas of 
C++ programming. If you fully understand the language and all it's 
features I think you might be able to code amazing applications and 
API's that will run fast and efficient. You will also be able to 
appreciate the contribution that more modern languages have made to the 
world of programming.

It will be very interesting to see what the future holds for C++. From 
what I can understand there seems to be an effort underway to establish 
a new standard for the language code named 0X.
Regards.

-- 
Kerneels Roos
Cell: +27 (0)82 309 1998
Skype: cornelis.roos

"If one has the talent it pushes for utterance and torments one; it will
out; and then one is out with it without questioning. And, look you, there
is nothing in this thing of learning out of books. Here, here and here
(pointing to his ear, his head and his heart) is your school. If everything
is right there, then take your pen and down with it; afterward ask the
opinion of a man who knows his business."

(To a musically talented boy who asked Mozart how one might learn to
compose.)

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