Will my C++ Program work on linux/windows/mac? (Eclipse IDE Help)

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I want to learn C++ because I already know Java and C#, so I figured I would learn the last of the top 3 programming language bosses.

So I downloaded the C++ Eclipse version, but am a little confused. When I go to create a project I need to hook into "toolchains". I have no idea what these are.

What settings will I need to select to create a C++ program that will run on Mac, Linux, and Windows?

Thanks!

Posted 1-Aug-11 9:10am

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Maximilien · Answer 1 · 2011-08-01T09:39:00

Toolchains : I'd use the one toolchain that is the default (if one is available); or what is installed on your machine (i.e. if you have gcc/g++ , I would assume the default toolchain will be that.

In any case, when one wants to be able to program multi-platform, one has 2 development path :

1- use only the lowest common API available between the different platforms, meaning that all UI, and most/all low level API will need to be re-written to fit the difference in the environment. Luckily, C++ with STL and boost will offer a good cross-platform solution. But you will probably have to generate a different project/build environment for each platform and/or learn to use make (and makefiles)

2- use a toolkit that support all environment like QT; the up side is that it should be easy to build on the different platforms; the downside is that because it is cross-platform the behaviour will not be as native as one would expect. (some UI will feel weird on the different platforms (but that is from experience with QT from a few years ago)

Good luck

#realJSOP · Answer 2 · 2011-08-01T09:46:00

Solution 2

Isn't google compatible with Linux?

Posted 1-Aug-11 9:46am

#realJSOP

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Albert Holguin 1-Aug-11 16:08pm

I almost spit my water out laughing

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Aug-11 23:59pm

Great! My 5.
--SA