[Sussex] Linux IDE's

[Thomas Adam]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 04:45:13PM +0100, Geoffrey J. Teale wrote:
> 2. Don't learn C++ unless you have to.
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>
> If you're just trying to learn to program then I'd recommend an easier
> language, python or even C# (Mono is pretty good and Ed Dumbhill's
> book is great). C++ is great, and powerful, but it is also vast and
> flexible enough to get lost in for several lifetimes.

Oh _please_ that's crap.  I could say the exact same thing about Perl,
for instance.

-- Thomas Adam

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