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Never use Windows 7 to write code, it's a terrible option. Don't you have a Mac? That's probably the best option you have if you don't want to use Linux-->Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc. Mac OS X is the best unix platform on earth, and it has gcc, along with many great compilers often at times pre-installed, or you can install it pretty easily. I've taken a course on multi-core programming where I used openMPI in C/C++, to essentially write sorting algorithms that would use multiple cores for increase in efficiency. If you have a node that has Linux on it, I suggest you SSH to it using Putty, and work on that. Avoid Windows 7.
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A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!
-Ferishta, 1560–1620