Re: Do I need any Visual Basic before learning C++?

From: KTC (me_at_here.com)
Date: 01/05/04 

Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:03:04 +0000

Jeff Schwab <jeffplus@comcast.net> for some reason wrote:

<snip>
>
>
> Visual C++ is full of non-standard extensions. MFC is a model
> of non-portability. I hate both because I love C++. (Which,
> btw, I use far more often than Java.) To a new programmer,
> though, I certainly recommend Java over C or C++. It is far
> more portable, and has a vastly more extensive standard library.
>
> Btw, please quit doing that "C/C++" thing. I realize you don't
> know any better, but it's annoying as hell.
>

I do know the difference thank you very much! Since this newsgroup
concern itself with C as well as C++ I included it in the
disscussion as well. The fact that a lot of Windows & Unix code is
in C means you can't just talk about C++.

Just because VC++ has lots of non-standard extensions doesn't mean
you have to use it. You write the program, you choose what to use.
VC++ is a tool for what you doing. You use it to write program in
C OR C++.

I'm not saying I wouldn't recommend Java to a new programmer over
C or C++. Indeed Java or Python would probably be what I
recommend. The disscussion was about which language is in use in
jobs more (thus more job op), not neccsary which language is
better for a beginner to learn. 

-- 
Experience is a good school but the fees are high.
    - Heinrich Heine

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