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[babybahamut]

I'm throwing this out to the internet public at large in the vain hope some programming god will just happen to be reading this

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[wppwah]

Well... you need a compiler, first of all. I'm guessing you don't want to go out and buy Microsoft Visual C++, and you're not running Linux (which has C++ compilers), so you'll want a free Windows one. You can Google them... I know that http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html Dev-C++ is pretty okay, apparently.

There are some good tutorials online that'll take you through all the basics. http://www.learncpp.com/ is one of them, though it may not have everything you're looking for. It's an excellent start, and it might even suggest compilers for you.

Good luck! I've never learned C++ myself, just Javascript and Java, mainly.

[babybahamut]

Would it be easier if I was on linux? I've been looking for an excuse to dual-boot it. Which distro would you recommend?

[babybahamut]

Apparently the microsoft flavour of thingy is free, according to the tut you linked, so I'll give that a gander.

[wppwah]

Ah, so there is a free Microsoft version. That I was not aware of! Then you may as well go with that