No buttons to click, just all sorts of magic invocations that have to be typed in by hand at the command prompt (the what?). The main problem with this free C++ compiler is that it's very hard for the average computer user, brought up on Windows, to use. If you're a command line freak and want to compile under DOS, forget it - and use Linux. These tools look like they run in DOS, but are full 32 bit Windows programs, and will only run in Win9x and NT. (Microsoft's Visual C++ is presented by Microsoft as being simply a 'Windows Compiler', so their terrible adherence to standards might be forgiven - they are still using a 1996 draft of the C++ standard.).
This compiler is fast, free, and has the best compliance to the new (1998) ANSI C++ of any compiler out there. Presumably you want to learn and use C++. Why would you want to use this C++ compiler? I assume you are capable of downloading and installing a file by yourself, and are using some variant of Microsoft Windows. The aim of this tutorial is to get beginners up and programming in C++, easily and cheaply, using a nice friendly replacement for Borland's own expensive GUIs. These are the core of the retail Borland programming tools, like Borland C++ Builder - all the power that runs these expensive products, but without the fancy, user friendly graphical interface - you have to pay for that. They are giving away are the command-line compiler tools and libraries.
In mid-February 2000 the people responsible for Borland's C++ products made the core of their product line available as a free download.
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