Lets say you’re a programmer who enjoys the GNU environment, and you’ve become pretty good friends with gcc and g++. However, for one reason or another, you need to write a program in C++ on your Windows box. You find yourself uninterested in using Microsoft’s compiler, and you wish you could just have gcc and g++ back. The good news is you can have them both, and more, with MinGW and MSYS! This tutorial will guide you through installing these tools.
It has been ages since I last updated my blog. Perhaps I should rename it to “Overdue Update,” since those are mostly what I post. My recent inactivity is made doubly obvious by the fact that the index page of my website is still nothing but boring, basic HTML. How long ago did I say there was going to be an exciting new appearance? Too long ago. It almost makes you wonder if I still take my Internet presence seriously. The answer is yes, but I’ll go into that later. First, I’ll give you a little update on what I’ve been up to recently.
I recently stumbled upon a blog with the interesting title “Code like a girl,” which presents a question I have spent many hours thinking about, but never realized it: is aesthetic code important? My answer to the question, as both an artist and a programmer, is yes – aesthetics are extremely important.
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