Modern C++ for Absolute Beginners: A Friendly Introduction to C++ Programming Language and C++11 to C++20 Standards

© Slobodan Dmitrović 2020

S. DmitrovićModern C++ for Absolute Beginnershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6047-0_3

3. C++ Compilers

Slobodan Dmitrović¹ 

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Belgrade, Serbia

 

C++ programs are usually a collection of C++ code spread across one or multiple source files. The C++ compiler compiles these files and turns them into object files. Object files are linked together by a linker to create an executable file or a library. At the time of the writing, some of the more popular C++ compilers are:

• The g++ frontend (as part of the GCC)

• Visual C++ (as part of the Visual Studio IDE)

• Clang (as part of the LLVM)

3.1 Installing C++ Compilers

The following sections explain how to install C++ compilers on Linux and Windows and how to compile and run our C++ programs. ...