A note for Macintosh users

Nikolai Ruhe reports that if you are using MacOS X, you can use GCC to compile your C++ programs, as follows:

Write your source files;
Start the terminal application (in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder);
Change to the source directory (e.g. cd src);
Type something such as g++ myprog.cpp -o myprog -Wall to invoke the compiler.

If you are using an earlier version of MacOS, Navid Madani has suggested a technique that may be useful if you are trying to get the code from our book to work on a Macintosh. He has tested it using the MetroWerks CodeWarrior compiler.

Put the line

#include <console.h>

among the header files in your program. The console.h header is not part of standard C++; it is defined in the MetroWerks CodeWarrior development environment as part of MSL (MetroWerks Standard Library).
Change the definition

int main()

to

int main(int argc, char** argv)
At the beginning of your program, execute the following statement:

argc = ccommand(&argv);

Please note that ccommand is not an inadvertent misspelling of command.

If you change your program in this way, then each time you run it, it will pop up a dialog box asking what files you want the program to use, and giving you the opportunity to supply other options.