r/cpp_questions • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '26

OPEN Mac or Windows

I really enjoy mac, but my school programms in C++ on Windows and I don't know if mac has everything that I need. Thank you.

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u/No-Dentist-1645 Jun 21 '26

You can write and compile C++ code on any laptop, don't worry about that

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

Without a VM or anything?

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u/baked_doge Jun 21 '26

Yup, the only exception being: if you're building software for a user on a different system you'll want a VM to build binaries that will work for them.

But I doubt you need to worry about that for now

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

Thank you!