VC++ vs. Turbo Compilers

[iasonus]

Hi

I'm learning C++ from this old book (1998), that was aimed at Turbo users, but it's just basic C++ functions and syntax based on the ANSII standard, working mostly with IOSTREAM.

I writing the exercises then compling them with VC++. It works fine, except, I can't initialise variables inside the int main() function, as is written in the book. I can only initialise them outside the main().

This is like a major significant difference between the two compilers. Does anyone know if I' likely to come accross any more such differences?

/J

 

[timmay3141]

I don't know what's going on, but you certainly should be able to initialize variables inside main() on any C++ compiler. Post your code and error messages so we can see what's really going on.

 

[Cagliostro]

I think you have created a non Win32 Console Application. See if you checked using MFT, using ATL or something like that.

Ion Filipski