Im a Newbie to C++ programming, and im TOTALY lost in this boundless jungle of C++!! My first book about C really sucked and i didnt understand much about C. But now i bought this book by Stephen Prata, and im learning C++ in light-speed!! Now i need a new Compiler. My old Borland compiler worked fine with C but when i try to compile a prog. written in ANSI/ISO C++ it sez "undefined funktion "cin""! That means that my compiler is pretty Out-Of-Date! Ive have searched for a good compiler on many sites but i dont understand a word!! I dont need any fancy Hi-Tech library that weighs 200megs+ , just a simple C++ Compiler that works with the latest ANSI/ISO standard and has some basic librarys like IOSTREAM and CMATH. It doesnt matter if its an IDE run in a standard win9x window or if you use through DOS, as long as it works an that the manual can be understud by an ordanary mortal! Dont forget that im new to C++ programming and dont know half as much as you all programming-pros do! Would REALLY apriciate any help!

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Make sure you C++ files are named *.cpp, not *.c. You can get this error if the compiler thinks the source file is coded in C and not C++. Also make sure you are using the right Borland compiler, it may have different compiler exe's for C and C++ (eg gcc vs g++ for the Gnu/C compiler (which btw is very standards compliant and free)).

check out bloodlust software's site too, or you could search for djgpp and rhide packages, but those are confusing. bloodlust's DevC++ program was able to compile all of the program's i wrote while learning C++. actually i learned C++ on it. also, im not sure if it's free or not, but when i got my dietel & dietel MFC handbook for school, it came with Visual C++ Introductory Edidion, which allows you to make, but not sell or give away C++ programs (whoopy, i love ms!), anyways the book was $20 and the software was free, but you may have to have a SID to get it from MS.