Noob - Hello World Not Working

**IceDane** · 09-14-2009

Originally Posted by abachler

portable solution that works with every IDE

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <conio>
using namespace std;

int main (){
    cout << "Hello World!\n";
    cout << "Press any key to continue..."  
    getch();
    return 0;
    }

How are you justifying a) including a whole separate header file for a single function and b) doing that for a function that has an equivalent defined in istream and all its derivatives(cin) and c) calling that portable?

cin.get() does the trick for you, really.

**abachler** · 09-14-2009

Originally Posted by IceDane

How are you justifying a) including a whole separate header file for a single function and b) doing that for a function that has an equivalent defined in istream and all its derivatives(cin) and c) calling that portable?

cin.get() does the trick for you, really.

because its hello world, not 'This has to pass a code review'.

**Angie** · 09-14-2009

Originally Posted by StainedBlue

^never a good idea.

Forgive me for being uninformed, but just why is it a bad idea?

Dev-C++ automatically inserts

Code:

  system("PAUSE");
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;

-at the end of a source file if you choose to make a new console-based project. Does it make the code inefficient or something?

**Elysia** · 09-14-2009

It is non-portable. Only works in Windows, and it is vulnerable to certain attacks, I believe. Plus it has overhead.

**noerrorsfound** · 09-14-2009

Originally Posted by Angie

Forgive me for being uninformed, but just why is it a bad idea?

Things to Avoid in C/C++ -- system("pause")

Also, Dev-C++ hasn't been updated in ~4 years. Try wxDev-C++, Code::Blocks, or Visual C++ Express 2008.

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