Re: C++

[EnderWiggenRules@aol.com]

You downloaded the TURBO C++ compiler? You sure you didn't download the 
Borland C++ compiler that they provide for free? Well, if you downloaded 
Turbo, the GUI (graphical user interface - where you type code and compile by 
pressing F9 or by clicking on Run) is TC.EXE, and the compiler (the actual 
program that takes your source code and makes it into an OBJ file) is TCC.EXE 
and the linker (the program that takes OBJ files and makes them into EXE 
files) is TLINK.EXE.

Just in case you downloaded Borland, the compiler they provide is just that: 
a compiler. Inprise is nice enough to include example files, (thank God) 
include files, library files, etc. However, there is no GUI, only compiler 
and linker. You have to make the files yourself through some sort of text 
file editor (NOTEPAD comes to mind, but MS-DOS EDIT works well enough) and 
run the compiler and linker yourself. It's intimidating at first, but you'll 
get used to it (or get some other free compiler complete with GUI, such as 
DJGPP - www.delorie.com).

Hope this helps.
-Ender
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