Hi there.
I've got 12 years experience writing C++ on Windows, and 3 years C# on Windows. Now my boss wants me to write a C++ app to run on Unix as a multithreaded 'service' (i.e. a program that runs with no user intervention).
Some quick questions for The Experts:
* Whats the best C++ compiler to use? I'm happy with ANSI compliant stuff.
* Whats the best editing/IDE environment to use? Please don't say VI as it's UI makes me ill. Something as close as possible to VS2005 would be nice
* Is there a special name for a service on Unix?
* Where would I start in writing a TSR type app (i.e. one that runs in the background on Unix)
Some good 'Unix programming for beginners' literature/websites wouldn't go amiss either.
Thanks in advance!
Gizz.