What you need for this book

To walk through this book and successfully compile all the source code examples, you will require a personal computer that runs Microsoft Windows 8.1 (or later) and contains the following software:

• The latest version of GCC, which supports C++11, C++14, and C++17 (during the writing of this book, the latest version was GCC v7.1.0)
• The Microsoft C++ compiler provided in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 for supporting C++11, C++14, and C++17 (for Chapter 7, Running Parallel Execution Using Concurrency)
• Code::Blocks v16.01 (all sample code is written using the Code::Blocks IDE; however, it's optional to use this IDE)