how can i write c/c++ code in VS but run it everywhere!!

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is it possible?

i want to coding in VS but i can run it in linux , android or anywhere , how it will be possible?

Posted 8-Feb-13 7:15am

hor_313

Updated 8-Feb-13 19:52pm

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Any console app (ie. no UI) that just links to the crt libraries should run on any platform. The source should be universally compatible but it will require a separate compile for each platform.

If you want to use a 'universal UI' you will need to change to another language such as java. Visual Studio will not help you with that detail.

Posted 8-Feb-13 8:17am

H.Brydon

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Feb-13 14:25pm

Well, almost, I would say. I also depends on the content to be calculated out to be presented in this console, quite apparently. Good point anyway, a 5.
—SA

hor_313 8-Feb-13 21:53pm

can you more explain about : it will require a separate compile for each platform.

i dont understand it. how can i implement it?

if i write a program and then anyone wants to use it on some platforms , in every usage or run , it will be compiling such as first time?

i dont understand this part

H.Brydon 8-Feb-13 23:02pm

For example, on Windows, you can compile the source either within the Visual Studio IDE, or on a properly initialized command line using "CL" and "Link" commands (or variations).

On linux, you will need to establish a compile time environment and compile the code with "GCC" (or equiv). The source code would (optimistically) be the same as for Windows.

On any other platform, you need to acquire the C++ compiler for that system and compile your source.

hor_313 9-Feb-13 0:31am

this compile is just for programmer and when he is writing the code or it will be happen everytime users run the program ? (i mean the future users of the program after publishing .... i mean the program is written by this approach will be slower than because they have twice compile in runtime? )

H.Brydon 9-Feb-13 0:35am

You the programmer (or another programmer) need to compile your code once for each platform. You then take the compiled target(s) and run it yourself and/or distribute to users. You do not usually distribute the source code to end users.

hor_313 9-Feb-13 0:44am

then if i write the program in c++ native and standard code or i write it in mono or other cross-platform frameworks , running speed in both(when user using it) is equal?

H.Brydon 9-Feb-13 0:59am

No, that is a different question. The answer to that is very complex and not realistic to answer in the small space we have here. Generally I would expect the mono environment to be slower than native, but there will be exceptions and variability depending on a lot of things not considered here.

tl;dr: That question is far beyond the scope of what we can describe here.

hor_313 9-Feb-13 1:16am

i want to work on image processing and artificial intelligence field and generally robot programming.
but i dont know which IDE , which compiler and which OS is best for me .
i see the newest mini-computers have ARM processors and they have android opration system. but in large projects we have intel processors and linux or windows os .
i am confused :(

H.Brydon 9-Feb-13 1:25am

How experienced a programmer are you? Your questions suggest that you are a novice C++ programmer. If you want to be multiplatform, I'd suggest learning java instead of C++. It is a different planet from C++ but has most or all of the things you cite here and the UI features will translate without a lot of trouble.

hor_313 9-Feb-13 1:48am

no java isn't real-time language and its slow for image processing for robatic . and also i think it doesn't support open-cv library or some like this .
and for system port programing or microcontrollers programing java isn't a good choice

my focus is in that things i said above , but i like do everything by c++ like GUI programing.

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Matthew Faithfull · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-08T07:38:00

At the moment this is very hard in C++. Some people have said it is impossible which is not correct but it requires very deep knowledge of what is the same and what is different between Windows and Linux and Android etc.
I have been working on this exact issue and have solved many of the problems over 10 years but the solution is not yet complete. If you search for my article "Introduction to the QOR" on Code Project articles or for QOR on SourceForge you will find what I have published so far which includes a very small test program that will build and run on Windows and Linux with seven different compiler/IDE combinations. Almost all of this except for the projects to build under other IDEs was written in Visual Studio. Building on one system for another kind of system is called cross-compiling. Visual Studio cannot do this for Linux so I build on Linux for Linux and for Windows on Windows but the code is the same and comes from a shared network drive.
In the near future it will be possible to build one application in just C++ and build and run it on Linux, Windows, Android, OSX in 32bit and 64bit versions, with the compiler of your choice and if you want to write all the code in Visual Studio you can. This is the dream and I know how to achieve it but I only have 10 fingers and 24 hours in the day. :-)
For now you could look at Java or Mono but if C++ is your thing then road is harder but the end is better.