The best C++ or C# compiler?

[hellfire]

Can you please try this sample project?
(VC2010 will tell you that it needs to be converted because I'm still working with 2005 but that's no problem).

[combatking0]

The compiled exe in the package you made runs perfectly, but if I move it to a different folder and try to re-build it, nothing is created.

I have tried the same source in Borland, but it results in the same error as before.

I will try installing the compilers on a different computer.

[hellfire]

Just remembered having a similar problem once when some overeager virus-protection immediately moved my just-created exe into quarantine.
Or is this Win7 and the application is not privileged to write to disc?
If VC++ really does not create the exe there must be some sort of error - can you post the "output" log?

[combatking0]

I'll put the information up when I get home. I'll give it a try on my friend's Vista computer while I'm over here.

[combatking0]

The output log is as follows:

========== Build: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 1 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

But there is no output to be found.

I have tried Code::Blocks with the MinGW compiler installed, and it works perfectly - I will go with that for the time being. Thank you for your assistance so far. K++

[combatking0]

I'm now up to the point where I'm porting my knowledge of JavaScript / ActionScript into C++ for mathematical & text based operations:

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// Roll a 20-sided dice 30 times
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <time.h>
using namespace std;

const int BASE = 1;
const int MAX = 20;

int main(){
    int rolled = 0;
    time_t seconds;
    time(&seconds);
    srand((unsigned int) seconds);
    for(int i=0;i<30;i++){
        rolled = rand()%(MAX-BASE+1)+BASE;
        cout << rolled << endl;
    }
return 0;
}


Am I correct in thinking that I need to investigate OpenGL for portable graphic functions. DirectX would be fine for Windows only, but can OpenGL work across multiple OS platforms, such as Windows, Mac, Linux/Unix, etc?

That said, I may need to import extra compilers for Mac & Linux, but according to the documentation, that's easy to do with Code::Blocks.

[Raizor]

Am I correct in thinking that I need to investigate OpenGL for portable graphic functions. DirectX would be fine for Windows only, but can OpenGL work across multiple OS platforms, such as Windows, Mac, Linux/Unix, etc?

OpenGL is multi-platform, so a good choice for accelerated graphics if you want to port to other platforms. You could also use something like SDL, but that's going to bump the size up quite a bit. I found OpenGL a bit tricky to get started with, but it starts making sense quite quickly