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Re: mathlink newbie q

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg50394] Re: mathlink newbie q
• From: "Hans Michel" <hmichel at sdc.cox.net>
• Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 02:10:15 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <ch1kft$ick$1@smc.vnet.net>
• Reply-to: "Hans Michel" <hmichel at sdc.cox.net>
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Sean:

With a disclaimer that what I recomend, some may not consider a good
compiler.

I would recomend:

Downloading free Express tools from Microsoft. They are beta versions, I
have not yet installed them myself but did download them, I need to clear up
a machine. I use the Visual Studio Products.

Go here and download:

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/default.aspx

There is a manual install or a smaller installer file (I would recommend the
manual)

I would highly recommend getting a copy MathLink: Network Programming with
Mathematica by Chikara Miyaji and Paul Abbott. This book comes with a CD
which has CodeWarrior lite.

There are a few C and C++ tutorial online you just have to look for them.

Benefit to downloading this Micorsoft free Beta product is that you may also
play around with .NET/Link.
Downsides are no support, you need the .NET framework 2.0, you may need a
passport account, ...

The book though would solve most issues, newbie help, Mathlink explained,
code samples, and a compiler, that they use in examples of the book. But it
is not free.

Hans

"sean kim" <sean_incali at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ch1kft$ick$1 at smc.vnet.net...
> hello group,
>
> I have some codes written in C and C++.
>
> Obviously, I do not understand them as I have never taken C class.
> But, since Mathematica is able to call programs written in other
languages, I
> thought this may be the way I should use the codes. ( even though I
> don't understand the code in C/C++ ...)
>
> The codes were sent to me as a directory tree has 22 h files in a
> folder named "Include"
>
> Does this sound like something Mathematica can handle using Mathlink, or
do
> you need more info to answer that?
>
> Do I need working installations of c/c++ compilers etc etc?
>
> I have c(got it free from LCC-win32 website), but I don't have c++.
>
> If I do need both compilers, does anyone know of good free c++ install
> files for windows? ( maybe with nice gui)
>
> sorry for newbie q.
>
> any insights will be thoroughly appreciated.
>
> sean
>