Ok, so i have not written in C++ for at a bit more than two years. I have been writing in an interpreted language most recently, Matlab to be specific. I just got a mac and I would like to compile a simple program written in a text editor. I have already installed Xcode. Can anyone give me suggestions on how to write a simple text file and then compile it through the mac terminal? thanks in advance.
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You need to install the command line tools, which are NOT installed by default when Xcode is installed. This is easily fixed - just reinstall Xcode, and select the command-line tools option from the custom install screen.