Hello all,
I have gotten myself a new IDE; in the end I went with the Visual Express,
because the environment is familiar to me (I do quite a bit of work with VBA
for my job). All I have to say is WOW! I was using the DJGPP with the RHIDE...
Needless to say, there is a HUGE freakin' difference of the one versus the
other!!!
There are so many options available, though, and I am afraid it warrants a few
more questions. For example:
By downloading the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express, did I download a new
compiler? By that I am asking if what I have is still using the same compiler I
was using with DJGCC, only with a slick new veneer??
When I create a new project, I have all these new options for what I want to
create; There is CLR (Common Language Runtime), Win32, which creates 32-bit
apps specific to the Windows OS, and a "General" option, which "...allows you
to start with a completely empty project, or create a make file which directs
another C++ compiler about how to build a project...". My question is this - if
I want to create a program that will not be confined to working on just a
specific OS, which should I choose?
The CLR seems to be sort of a Java virtual machine - should that be the one I
should use? Win32 in this new age of 64 bit OS's strikes me as soon-to-be a
little obsolete, but as I am quite new to all of this, I figured I would "ask
the experts" about this. Basically, I don't want to create things with a
"Windows only" tag.
any thoughts out there???
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