[TisenoT]

>This also makes C++ more difficult to teach. The first hours of a C++ class are rarely rewarding as the students must learn how to set up a small project before writing any code. And then, a lot more time is required before their work can result in any visual outcome.

Install a c++ compiler, create main.cpp, `g++ main.cpp`

What am I missing?

[flukus]

> What am I missing?

The students don't know anything about the CLI. They might not know what a directory is or how to cd to it. They may have to install multiple packages. On certain operating systems they'll have to set some PATH variables.

I'm not saying it shouldn't be that easy, but due to failures in earlier education it's not.

[ryanpepper]

When I was taught C++ at University, we were just told to download Quincy which bundles a (pretty old) version of GCC with a text editor on Windows.

Once we had the basics down they introduced Linux, the command line interface to GCC, etc.

[AstralStorm]

Formerly, djgpp package. And the equivalent Windows IDE, can't remember its name but it shipped with Mingw.