you know how in basic programs, the program counter goes through each statement, and when it gets to an input, it just waits there
so whats the best way to have it just check for input and move on if nothing is inputed?
i have some experience doing this with premade functions and timers in a embedded systems class with c and vhdl but want to do this with c++ programs

i get a hunch that directx sdk would have libraries for this with the direct input stuff but i would like a more simplified one to fool around with console programs until i learn directx this summer