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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:10:30 +0000
From: Phil <Email AT address DOT in DOT message DOT body>
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Subject: Beginners help with RHIDE, please
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Hi,

I've had a PC for a year, running Win95.
I'm a complete newcomer to any sort of programming, including using DOS.

I bought a book on C++, because it looks like quite a high level
language, but also fairly
powerful (?). The book I got is for complete beginners, but obviously
doesn't have any detail about how to compile and run programs because
each compiler is different.
Having downloaded DJGPP and installed it properly (as far as I can
tell), I read ALL the documentation which came with it, but most of it
didn't make any sense; it tends to be aimed at people who know what
they're doing I think (?). I've tried for several hours to compile and
run the first program in the book using the RHIDE GUI interface (the
command line stuff scares me!!! I don't understand it at all yet).
Can anyone tell me what I should be doing please.
Specifically, after writing...

#include <iostream.h>
void main ()
{
cout << 2 + 2
}

in the blue screen of RHIDE, how do I compile and run this?
Any links to complete beginner reading is also most welcome.
Many thanks.

Phil