Name: Anonymous 2009-08-16 10:03
The fact that The windows API is best supported by these two languages kind of forces me to make use of them, and as languages go, they aren't terrible. They may be a little outdated, and I'm having a hard time trying to find good documentation on header files, but they aren't bad languages.
The problem I have with them however, is that I can take the source files from one project, which I know are perfectly valid C code, put them into a project in a different IDE, and they will fail to compile. There's some kind of setting, completely separate from the visible code, which I can't find any documentation for, which means the difference between some valid code compiling or failing to compile.
I really want to program using the Windows API, but the way that compilers and IDEs are set up seems hell bent on preventing me from doing so. What else is needed to compile programs, beyond the .c or .cpp files, the .h files, and the compiler?
The problem I have with them however, is that I can take the source files from one project, which I know are perfectly valid C code, put them into a project in a different IDE, and they will fail to compile. There's some kind of setting, completely separate from the visible code, which I can't find any documentation for, which means the difference between some valid code compiling or failing to compile.
I really want to program using the Windows API, but the way that compilers and IDEs are set up seems hell bent on preventing me from doing so. What else is needed to compile programs, beyond the .c or .cpp files, the .h files, and the compiler?