I just downloaded and installed CUDA on my Windows XP system. In the SDK, I see various sample applications - like options pricing, etc.
When I run the SDK browser, I can run these applications, too.
I have 2 questions/issues:
a) Can I make any code changes to these sample applications, and rebuild and run them? I don’t have microsoft visual studio installed.
B) When I try running nvcc, I get an error message - something like “compiler cl.exe not found in path”
The cuda programming environment compiles codes a little differently. First of all cl.exe is a process info for Microsoft® C/C++ Compiler Driver. (like mingcw for gcc etc)
The nvcc compiler compiles the cuda section of the codes and while normal c/c++ codes are handled by cl compiler.
I hope that helps and answers both your questions