Steve Searle wrote: > Around 05:58am on Saturday, September 05, 2009 (UK time), Thomas Hruska > scrawled: > >> author (you should be learning C++ anyway, not C): > > Why shouldn't he learn C? It is still frequently used, and even if it > wasn't this should not mean people shouldn't learn it. > > I do however agree that if you want to learn C++, there is no need to > learn C first. > > Steve
Because all new projects should be written in C++. You don't have to use C++ classes/templates to learn/use the language, but they are quite convenient. The C++ compiler is also significantly more strict - meaning more problems are caught at compile-time instead of runtime. The two languages are similar enough that learning C++ first means easier adaptation to C whenever it is encountered. There are also more C++ books that are better written. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
