[Gllug] Office software -> c/c++ debate

[Pete Ryland]

C++ is a superset of C.  I'd reckon you should learn C first, then venture
onto C++, if you like, when you're comfortable with that.  If you know PHP,
then at least some of the syntax won't seem like nonsense when you first
look at it.

hth,
Pete

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 02:17:14PM -0000, Russell Mackenzie wrote:
> As an asp and vb developer (who wishes he could work with php and python
> instead) with minimal c/c++ skills, how the hell am I supposed to decide
> which I should learn? I've read numerous 'debates' discussing the pros/cons
> of c/c++, these usually get too technical, and I'm no closer to deciding...
> help?
> 
> russ.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tet at accucard.com>
> To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Office software
> 
> 
> >
> > >I also hear rumblings about the speed of the signals/slots Troll Tech
> > >extensions to C++, especially where extensive use is made of them. But
> > >IANAC++ guru.
> >
> > ObFlamebait:
> >
> > I promise you that those of us who refuse to use C++ do not do so out
> > of ignorance. Quite the opposite, in fact: I don't use C++ precisely
> > *because* I know more about it than you.
> >
> >                 -- Jamie Zawinski, in
> >                    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=22236&cid=2384931
> >
> > Tet :-)
> >
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