'C++ on windows closes a program immediately after launching

I installed minGW and the eclipse CDT, and the console keeps doing something weird. The code of the program is 

using namespace std;
#include <iostream>

int main() {
    cout << "Hello, windows (8, c++)" << endl;
    //system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

You all know it, its the Hello World program. Now when I run this the Eclipse console displays some stuff about building, and then goes blank. And when I navigate to the HelloWorldProgram.exe in the explorer and run it, a windows flashes up and displays "hello world", but then immediately closes. When I do this on Mac OSX there's no problem, and the windows stays up until I decide to close it. Now I know there's a command

system("PAUSE") //I dont know what I need to import to use this. Could you tell me that too?

Which will give me more or less the same effect, but I'd like to know why Windows does it differently from OSX, and what I can do to fix it (bc this annoys the crap out of me). Looking forward to your replies!

c++windowseclipsemacos


Solution 1:[1]

Don't use system("pause"), it's wrong for a multitude of reasons (read more about it here).

Put cin.get() before return and the window will stay open until you press enter.

Solution 2:[2]

If you want to just run your console program, you should open a console, and run it.

Apparently, the OSX version of Eclipse is configured to open a console, and run the program, and not close it. Maybe you can configure the Win version so, too.

You shouldn't meddle with your program to behave differently on another platform, instead wrap it into something that 'adapts' the behaviour.

Probably, you can tell eclipse to use "cmd /c 'yourprogram.exe && pause'", to open a command window and have it execute your program and then pause.

Solution 3:[3]

Just add getch(); before return, and add #include <conio.h>.

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