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Getting C++ Hello World working on Windows (a comedy & tragedy)

6 points by 90s_dev 1y ago

90s_dev 1y ago
In other words I'm very lost and in over my head.
- fithisux 1y ago
  see above. would you like a guide for windows with method 3? methods 2/4 should work out of the box still I recommend you to give a go to latest D (dmd or ldc2) with method 3 (2 may work too)
  - 90s_dev 1y ago
    I'm nervous about mingw or msys2 partly because I don't know if windows will look native or unixy (I want native dark mode title bars), partly because I already have Git for Windows installed which comes with bash and a bunch of other unix utilities so I don't want to install doubles of any of those, and partly because I'm just too tired to do the uninstall dance all over again with yet another potential setup.
    - fithisux 1y ago
      You can use method 3 or (method 7) zig-cc (personally I have both msys2 + and git-bash) But I think method 3 is what you need. BTW use UnigetUI (I configured with scoop/chocolatey/winget) to install cmake/jom WindowsSDK, C3 (for the CRT) and clang-llvm you need to do by hand. Then you are msys2-free Maybe I need to do a dev-to/medium article for this.
      - 90s_dev 1y ago
        Please do.
proc0 1y ago
This is so true. I have MinGW, WSL, MSYS, Clang, VSCode, and VS. I have to juggle between them. I also hate VS, it does way too much for you and you get a bunch of garbage IDE files. I imagine MS engineers in every meeting: "should we make this simple? Nah, let's just add several layers of unnecessary bullshit, yeah that sounds good."
- fithisux 1y ago
  see above, no VS involved you can use Codelite, Ultimate++, or EclipseCDT
fithisux 1y ago
I have 3 envs on my Windows work laptop 1. PellesC => small C+win32 hobby 2. Msys2+mingw64 => main env for rust too 3. Clang-LLVM + Windows SDK + Cmake + jom (and Windows CRT from C3 install) => Works fine https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-20.1.6/clang+llvm-20.1.6-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.xz https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmo... (I use 3 for D too) 4. I would like to add to your guide compiling with OpenWatcom V2 (https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2 https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2) 5. Cygwin they have latest GCC 15 in testing 6. Winlibs or equation.com mingw distros

6 points by 90s_dev 1y ago

90s_dev 1y ago

In other words I'm very lost and in over my head.

fithisux 1y ago
see above. would you like a guide for windows with method 3? methods 2/4 should work out of the box still I recommend you to give a go to latest D (dmd or ldc2) with method 3 (2 may work too)
- 90s_dev 1y ago
  I'm nervous about mingw or msys2 partly because I don't know if windows will look native or unixy (I want native dark mode title bars), partly because I already have Git for Windows installed which comes with bash and a bunch of other unix utilities so I don't want to install doubles of any of those, and partly because I'm just too tired to do the uninstall dance all over again with yet another potential setup.
  - fithisux 1y ago
    You can use method 3 or (method 7) zig-cc (personally I have both msys2 + and git-bash) But I think method 3 is what you need. BTW use UnigetUI (I configured with scoop/chocolatey/winget) to install cmake/jom WindowsSDK, C3 (for the CRT) and clang-llvm you need to do by hand. Then you are msys2-free Maybe I need to do a dev-to/medium article for this.
    - 90s_dev 1y ago
      Please do.

proc0 1y ago

This is so true. I have MinGW, WSL, MSYS, Clang, VSCode, and VS. I have to juggle between them. I also hate VS, it does way too much for you and you get a bunch of garbage IDE files. I imagine MS engineers in every meeting: "should we make this simple? Nah, let's just add several layers of unnecessary bullshit, yeah that sounds good."

fithisux 1y ago
see above, no VS involved you can use Codelite, Ultimate++, or EclipseCDT

fithisux 1y ago

I have 3 envs on my Windows work laptop 1. PellesC => small C+win32 hobby 2. Msys2+mingw64 => main env for rust too 3. Clang-LLVM + Windows SDK + Cmake + jom (and Windows CRT from C3 install) => Works fine https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-20.1.6/clang+llvm-20.1.6-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.xz https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmo... (I use 3 for D too) 4. I would like to add to your guide compiling with OpenWatcom V2 (https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2 https://github.com/open-watcom/open-watcom-v2) 5. Cygwin they have latest GCC 15 in testing 6. Winlibs or equation.com mingw distros