It's a little more involved on a PC but it's all free, the software you can download, and Linux in similar operating systems generally come with a compiler or you run a simple command to get it.

在PC机上有点复杂，但是它是免费的，你一般下载的软件，类似Linux的操作系统等等通常都需要,一个编译器，或者你可以运行一些简单的指令来获取。

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> What exactly is the difference with this system that we have here of compiling and say another compiler for one like the C++?

>在这个系统上编译,跟在我们这编译有什么不同吗？,也就是说，有没有其他的编译器供C++等语言使用？

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