LinkLib: Programming: C / C++

Documentation

• www.BruceEckel.com for electronic version (PDF or HTML) of his book Thinking in C++, second edition. The draft of volume two is also available.
• Bjarne Stroustrup's papers
• Lysator's Programming in C and other C pages.

Free C++ compilers for Windows

• www.mingw.org is a good place to find all of the mingw unix emulation code as well as the gcc compiler in one download. Installed easily.
• www.bloodshed.net has the open source Dev C++ compiler. This is based on an early version of the gcc compiler, which is its main fault since the library doesn't match the standard (eg, vector doesn't implement at). Work on a new version began Oct 2001, so this will eventually be fixed. It installs easily, and was the class choice for the introductory C++ course. This is built on top of gcc and mingw. Free/open source.
• gcc.gnu.org for free C++ compiler info. Check out the links.
• www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/ is Mumit Khan's GCC for Windows page. I had problems with some of this, but found the link to www.mingw.org.
• www.objectcentral.com has the VIDE IDE which sits on top of the gcc compiler. There are other GUI interfaces to gcc for which there are links at Mumit Khan's site. I had problems getting VIDE running.