What system are you planning on programming? Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux? Once you have gcc on your system i think basic usage would be like any (command-line) compiler. But getting gcc on your system will be different depending on your system, i think. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Shad <shadz123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yo > > I need some basic pointers (no pun intended). I have been > writing/compiling code using Borland and Micro$oft development packages > under Windows and DOS for a long time but haven't done much for the past > four years or so. I am trying to get a handle (sts) on GCC and am > overwhelmed by the manual. Is there a simple "howto" for just starting with > GCC? Is there any kind of GUI package available for programming in it? Is > there any package for developing GUIs for user interfaces with the > fundamental program body? > > I believe that once I get started I can ramp up the learning curve pretty > rapidly -- I just haven't tried to start from scratch with any programming > package in about 25 years and am simply overwhelmed by what I can find. > > Thanx > > Shad > >
