On Thursday, 18 August 2005, at 23:25:20 (-0400), Jesse wrote: > Most (if not all) of e17 appears to be in Standard C.
All. > Now, as someone who recently (6 months ago) started learning C++, I > can tell you if you don't know either C or C++ you should really > consider learning C++. If you learn C++ you're also learning a lot > of C (after all C is just "C improved"). C++ is NOT "C improved." C99 is "C improved." C++ is "C after being cornholed by a pseudo-object-oriented pine tree." > C++ also gives you a lot of tools to make things easier than Standard > C as far as my (albeit limited) knowledge of the subjects can see... ...none of which will do you any good with respect to E. Do yourself a favor and learn C. It will keep you from wanting to use C++-specific "features" (and I use the term loosely). And please refer to my signature for one example of why C++ is a dud. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "That's why C++ is so disappointing: it does nothing to address some of the most fundamental problems in C, and its most important addition (classes) builds on the deficient C type model." -- Peter Van Der Linden, "Expert C Programming" ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
