DaWei

A full build typically comprises three steps: preprocessing to handle preprocessor directives, compilation to compile the preprocessed source file (which results in object files), and linking to link the various object files and produce an executable. The compile step generally automatically includes the preprocessing step. Thus, you need to compile and then you need to link. If you'd like to automate the process, you can write a makefile and invoke "make" (or whatever "make" is called for your particular tool set). If you use something like Dev-C++, which is an IDE, the makefile will be automatically generated and run. You only need to set up the properties.

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jubitzu

if you have one source file named mygame.cpp, then you compile with the command:
g++ mygame.cpp -o mygame.exe

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nnxion

But it does - he was trying to do a whole lot of things that weren't possible, helped him with that though and if it doesn't compile with my given code then his compiler is not working or he needs to invoke his compiler with the right options.

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jubitzu

There are no challenging problems to be solved on this forum and it is quite boring. Most posters could solve their problems if they just read the goddamn message. How simple can it be? You cannot use -o and -c at the same time! You cannot use -o and -S at the same time! The solution I provided was nothing more than reiterating what the moron had already written in his question!

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Wraith Daquell

Um, jubitzu, that was a little uncalled-for. The purpose here is to ask and learn... and not get flamed at.

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nnxion

jubitzu you might be right about no challenging problems here, maybe that leaves you with more time of your own so you can learn even more than you already do. Would you mind the cursing bit though, I don't mind the f word or the last part of what you said, but the God part bothers me. Thnx.

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DaWei

In my limited forum experience, the number of challenging problems is a very small percentage of the number of posts. The only way to have more challenging problems to solve is to a) attract more audience to this forum; or, b) find a forum with lots of traffic. I'm hoping for a). Along the way one has to deal with the uninformed and with those that don't know how to ask a question (and don't read any guidelines). Those of you who know me know that I'm impatient with the latter, since asking a sensible question isn't all that difficult, given forethought. As for the uninformed, that's what the forum is for. HOWEVER, the uninformed SHOULD turn to their own resources initially (documentation for the compiler and for functions used, etc.), then ask when they can't find a solution. Prolly notta gonna happen to a great extent, though.

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uman

Throw away that book right now. I've read it before, and it is one of the worst programming books in the land. You can get a free C++ ebook called "Thinking in C++", try that. Anything is better than C++ for Dummies.

stevengs

That is certainly sound advice. That book really is trash. I like Stroustrup, but must admit it is not necessarily the easiest to read on the first go. K&R should not be missing in any set of C/C++ references, even if you intend to develop object orientedly ( )

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DaWei

I'll definitely second the Bruce Eckel books, "Thinking in C++", mentioned by Uman. Both volumes. They are, as mentioned in another post, legally free for download.

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