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[Ezekiel]

thanks for the tips. what compilers are best for coding in C/C+/C++?

Dev-C++ is the most widely used free C[++] compiler, and Microsoft Visual C++ is the most widely used paid-for compiler. MSVC++ offers more features, but dev-c++ is more than capable of doing the job, and it's free. I say use dev-c++/other free compiler until you are actually making applications for *****, and even then you don't necessarily have to pay MSVC++...

also, do i have to learn C before i learn C+/C++?

No, they are both separate languages which you learn individually. However, C++ is a subset of C so knowledge in either will make learning the other be extremely simple.

Also, C+ does not exist.

do you know of any good books for someone who has no experience in C/C+/C++ ?
thanks again!

I learned all from online tutorials, so can't recommend any books. But you can refer to my post a few days ago for a good c++ tutorial reference:

The first thing I want to do is recommend these sites for learning:

General c++:

[url]http://newdata.box.sk/bx/c/htm/ch0*.htm[/url]
[url]http://www.cpp-home.com/[/url]
[url]http://www.cplusplus.com/[/url]
[url]http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html[/url]
[url]http://www.cppreference.com/[/url]

C++ Winsock:

[url]http://www.hal-pc.org/~johnnie2/winsock.html[/url]
[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...th_winsock.asp[/url]
[url]http://www.tangentsoft.net/wskfaq[/url]

C++ Win*2:

[url]http://www.relisoft.com/Win*2[/url]
[url]http://www.winprog.org/tutorial[/url]
[url]http://www.functionx.com/win*2[/url]
[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/[/url]
[url]http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showth...*#sdk_registry[/url]
[url]http://www.codeproject.com/threads/winspy.asp[/url]
[url]http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=2*785*[/url]

Assembly:

[url]http://docs.mandragor.org/files/Prog..._Tutor_en.html[/url]

And in particular this site, because I learned a lot from it:

[url]http://newdata.box.sk/bx/c/htm/ch0*.htm[/url]

Also, get the windows help file because it's better than MSDN and MSDN online really sucks:

[url]http://www.borland.com/devsupport/bo...s/BC52HLP*.ZIP[/url]

Seriously people, if you are a C/C++ programmer get the help file. You can't program on windows without it.

Unless you want to learn C++ in 2* days... Theres a book for that too.

Yeah, that book is a great resource for learning C++. You can find it online here:

[url]http://newdata.box.sk/bx/c/htm/ch0*.htm[/url]

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I have that book on my shelf.
Its all good.
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