On Monday, September 9, 2002, at 06:57 , Kevin Gilchrist wrote: > It'll take you through the all > the various Standard Template Libraries for C++ (Sean, you have anything > to do with that?)
Yup although I was mostly involved with the design of the language features surrounding templates than the library itself. I worked on some of the library classes, was a beta-tester for several compiler vendors working on STL implementations and contributed a few pieces to the Open Source version of STL. The STL is a *stunning* piece of generic algorithm machinery! > I would pick C over C++ just because you'll learn C on the way as it's a > subset of C++ and pick up Object-Oriented programming as well. I agree (and it's worth noting that C isn't a perfect subset). > if OO was a priority I'd choose Java first as C++ can be trickier for > that. Java will let you get on with programming logic and not to have > to worry as much about good housekeeping. But the housekeeping is the really important piece to learn, IMO. It's why I like "Who's Afraid of C++?" by Steve Heller since it's starts the novice out with a thorough understanding of machine operations and pointers. BTW, the best ever 'learning C++' book is "Accelerated C++" by Koenig and Moo: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/textbooks/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?sourceid= 00002532745706705573&isbn=020170353X "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
