Re: Windows Procedural Programming

* Phlip:
> * Alf P. Steinbach:
>
> > So I think the question really is, why recommend a book based on C?
> >
> > Because it's the best book there is on the GUI side of the Windows API.
> > The use of C in the book is in a sense good because the details are exposed,
> > which is what you need for understanding. It is however the opposite of
> > what you want in real applications, where the details just complicate.
> >
> >
> > > The OP thinks that learning OO will be hard, and required for windows.
> > > OO will make a wrapper library easy to learn for windows.
> >
> > Yep.
>
> To avoid "learning" OO, the OP should also avoid the low-level "C style"
> stuff that simulates OO without direct language support. That's even worse!

You're not making sense to me.

But then, I tend to not think emotionally. ;-)

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