How to run C++ program on Mac

Program.cpp

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    std::cout << "Hello World!\n";
    return 0;
}

Using clang

clang -lstdc++ Program.cpp -o Program
./Program
Hello World!

Using gcc

gcc -lstdc++ Program.cpp -o Program
./Program
Hello World!

C++ vs Visual C++

• C++ is a general-purpose programming language
• Visual C++, on the other hand, is not a programming language at all. It is an integrated development environment (IDE) product from Microsoft for the C, C++, and C++/CLI programming languages