This is a very short video explaining a problem that comes up time and time again on 3dbuzz.com. Essentially, why the code for their Hello World example doesn’t compile. If you have done any C++ coding before, you can safely ignore this video.

Note that this video is 1024×768, so hit the full screen button to get more readable detail.

Notes:

The 3DBuzz C++ videos include the following code:

main() {
   cout << "Hello World" << endl;
}

This code fails to compile on newer versions of Visual C++ and GCC. All that needs to be done is to specify that main will return an int, and then actually return one:

int main() {
   cout << "Hello World" << endl;
   return 0;
}

Of course, whether this actually needed a video is debatable!

Tags: 3dbuzz, c++, Programming, tutorial

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