What kinds of C++ can I use?

Indecom 4000 Inc. · Post by **Indecom 4000 Inc.** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:17 pm

Can I use Visual C++, visual basic, and what is visual studio?

deps · Post by **deps** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:23 pm

You can use Visual C++
Visual basic is not C++, it is Basic. So dont use that!

Visual studio is a collection of visual c++, visual basic, visual this and that and a bunch more stuff. But you only need visual c++.
Or Mingw. Thats good too!
Or Gcc under Linux. (mingw is gcc for windows)

hope that helps

saigumi · Post by **saigumi** » Thu Jan 22, 2004 4:27 pm

Visual Basic is not a C++ IDE. It is Visual Basic. Irrlicht does not support Visual Basic, yet.

Visual Studio is a collection of applications: Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual C#, and Visual J#. It is not an IDE in itself.

Visual C++ is a C++ IDE, otherwide know as a Integrated Development Environment. It make it easier to create C++ applications. You could use notepad. It just give you features to make programming easier. This compares to Microsoft Word versus NotePad. Visual C++ also includes it's own compiler. You can use Visual C++.

However, you could use any flavor of C++ compiler. Like GC++, DEVC++, Codewarrior, etc...

Many people prefere DevC++ because it is free, unlike the $100+ pricetag on Visual C++ .Net Standard or the $1000+ price on Visual Studio .Net.