Gcc help

[Mihai Donțu]

On Friday 12 September 2008, ivan k wrote:
> Ok i am really hoping this is the right email for thr
> question i have. I am a new programmer and am learning
> C++ right now. im still in high school and hoping to
> be a software engineer. So i downloaded what i think
> is you GCC 4.2.4 compiler. now i extracted the whole
> thing but i have know idea what do to next. I have
> written some code but have no idea how to use to
> compiler to test it out. there no exe file or nothing
> to run. I have looked over the website but i cant seem
> to find anything. might just be that im looking in the
> wrong places. A bit of help would be nice. if this is
> the wrong email to email to please lemme know which
> one i need to email.

You have, most likely, downloaded the *nix-targetted version[1]. Given the 
fact that you are looking for an *.exe, I think what you need is this[2]. 
Also, read this[3] too. :)

Enjoy!

[1] http://gcc.gnu.org
[2] http://www.mingw.org/
[3] http://www.mingw.org/node/24

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Mihai Donțu