Compilers Compiling console programs

A console program is a program that communicates with the user mainly through the console, that is, through an input formed by the keyboard and a text output on screen.

This type of application is supported by ANSI-C++ standard and by the great majority of existing operating systems. Both, its programming method and its result, little varies between a system and another.

The method used to compile console programs varies according on if you have a compiler with development environment or a command-line compiler, as well as on the operating system and the company that has developed it.

Next you have some documents that detail how to compile console programs with different compilers and existing development environments available in the market:

• Console application projects with Visual Microsoft C++ (Windows 9x/NT/2k)
• Compiling from the command-line with Visual Microsoft C++ (Windows 9x/NT/2k)
• Compiling from the command-line with Borland C++ (MSDOS, Windows 9x/NT/2k)
• Compiling using GNU C++ Compiler (egcs, djgpp, ...) (Linux, Unix, MSDOS)

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