Re: Programmer knowledge

From: Gerry Quinn (gerryq_at_indigo.ie)
Date: 03/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:35:49 GMT

In article <Xns94B3862FCC732no@63.223.5.95>, Rampage <no@spam.com> wrote:
>Hi. I've been programming since I was a little kid. I've programmed
>everything from the Atari, C64, Amiga, to the PC; assembly language and C.
>I never made the move to C++ because it seemed complicated more than is
>necessary.
>
>NOTE: This is not the standard "what is better: C or C++" argument. No. I
>am curious about you C++ programmers.
>
>These days we have MFC. MFC is colossal. C# made things even worse. There
>is NO WAY possible that any programmer in the world could remember all of
>these classes and what they do or what members they implement at what
>protection level. This applies to DirectX programmers as well.
>
>My question is, do you guys reference a lot, or do you try to dig up the
>implementation from your mind somehow? Do you just remember the techniques
>and rely on a lot of referencing, or do you claim that you can remember the
>entire implementation. What's the deal? This has always stopped me from
>going with C++, and it really gets on my nerves every day.

I don't see how it would be different with any other language. The
Windows API is big and complicated, and MFC is just a wrapper for it.

MSVC has good context-driven help - just put the mouse on a keyword and
press F1. If you use something enough it will stick in your brain,
otherwise don't sweat it.

The same applies to other APIs and libraries, whatever language you use.
I'm sure most C programmers don't bother learning all those
weirdly-named functions.

Gerry Quinn 

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