Posts by Narue

Microsoft: "Use the ISO C++ conformant _kbhit"

Conformant as an extension, not as part of the standard library. You're welcome to quote chapter and verse of the standard that defines _kbhit() and prove me wrong, but in the past people have found it difficult to successfully debate the contents of the standard with me. :)

I have been reading the Internet since about 1987.

Congratulations, but longevity does not in itself give you credibility.

[/o.t. rant]

Yes, please. The last thing we need is another self-righteous doorknob playing net nanny where he holds no authority. Though I find it hilarious how the getch() "controversy" is the single most common catalyst for attracting net nannies.

I have always wondered if it would be possible to use __asm to use assembly language to emulate getch().

Certainly. It would be a waste of time in terms of practicality, but an interesting diversion if you've nothing better to do. ;)

The console isn't meant to support graphics engines. If you want graphics, get a graphics library where you can use tricks like double buffering to avoid the flicker effect. If you want to use ASCII art graphics, be prepared to suffer the limitations of the console. It's that simple.

>Wow! I'm getting the correct answer now!
...

Polymorphism is a category of programming language features that meet certain requirements[1] and overloading is a member of that category.

[1] Specifically: using the same name to refer to and work with different entities in a safe and well-defined manner.

>Does anyone want to help?
No.

>A disassembler would be good, too.
www.google.com would be a good place to start searching.

>Yeah, I understand it's old
I hear that a lot, but people still try to use graphics.h on Windows XP. Clearly the flow of information is getting interrupted somewhere along the line. :rolleyes:

>Anyone know if the 2006 version of Turbo
>C++ comes with that graphics library?
No, Turbo C++ 2006 is a modern development tool. graphics.h is an ancient library that only works on ancient systems. If you want to do graphics, stick to Win32 or .NET. IF you don't like the "evil empire", use Allegro or SDL, or any of the other freely available libraries that actually work on current systems.

When it comes to a beginner's book on C++, there's only one choice: Accelerated C++ by Andrew Koenig and Barbara Moo. No other book I've read comes close to the awesomeness of that one as a first book, and I've read pretty much every text on C++ that you're likely to consider for quite some time.