The freeware C++ for the Windows

[Antti Ylikoski]

The below concerns, how to obtain a freeware C++ compiler, for the

Windows OS.

It is commonly known, that the sourceforge.net are a large software

collection:

https://sourceforge.net/

The software MinGw "The Minimalist GNU for Windows" are a GNU OS

simulator for the Windows environment.  It makes it possible for to

execute the GNU software in the Windows environment.

Here, we consider the gcc and the g++.

Under the Sourceforge net pages, there is the Sourceforge MinGw

implementation.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/

Load the .exe self loader file, and run it:

mingw-get-setup.exe 

Answer several questions, "yes".  Load:

mingw-base

mingw-gcc

mingw-g++

Also, mingw-fortran ja mingw-ada, are interesting and good ones.

After downloading the SourceForge mingw, see, in which directory the

g++ lives.  Here, in the directory C:\mingw\bin .

Edit the System Variables, and append the variable PATH with the above

mingw\bin directory.

Now you can call the g++ as below:

// Get the files ex6* diction* def*

// Then:

// > g++ ex6.cpp diction.cpp def.cpp

// > .\a.exe

//

Dr Antti Juhani Ylikoski

Helsinki, Finland, the EU