I thought I would ask while this thread is active "What is the best Ubuntu c++ compiler that allows VC++ code?" I really like Visual C++ as it has great debugging features that Dev-c++ could never match. But how do I compile my VC++ projects to run on Ubuntu?
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Jump to PostSee post #6 of this thread from the Ubuntu forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=976202
Jump to PostBasically, none. MFC does not work under linux. Neither does Win32-API specific stuff. If you want that, you HAVE to use WINE.
And if you do so, im pretty sure you must then licence it under the LGPL because it links to non-free libaries?
If you have standards-compliant …
Jump to Post@crarn: IMO your best solution would be to use Code::Blocks/MinGW on both MS-Windows and Ubantu. I like Microsoft compilers a lot too, but it isn't cross-platform to *nix. OpenGL would be the engine you need, not DirectX. It seems to me that you need to be more open minded and …
Jump to PostThose are standard C++ libraries and implementation is nearly identical in all c++ compliant compilers. Unless you can provide us a specific instance where the two implementations are significantly different then your concern is unfounded. If you use Code::Blocks on both os then there will be no difference in how …
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