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    I'd like to follow-up on some subsequent Posts on this thread.

1) C is NOT a sub-set of C++. C++ is a superset of C. Yes, I
    know, that is a semantical splitting of hairs. But the first
    expression leaves the reader with the idea that C++ came
    before C, when in fact C predates C++ by the better part
    of two decades.

2) The "Learn C or C++?" question can ONLY be answered by first
    asking "OOP or traditional?" If you are and/or want to stay

    a traditional, top-down programmer, go with C. If you want
    to get into OOP, go with C++.

3) If you are going to go into OOP, DO NOT start off with
    stuff like Pascal, as one person has suggested. OOP is a
    completely different mindset than the traditional forms used
    by Pascal and C. The best language for learning OOP is,
    of course, Smalltalk. I wouldn't want to DEVELOP anything
    in Smalltalk, but if I were to start learning OOP, I think
    that would be the best language to learn the concepts in.

4) Even if you're not going into OOP, do NOT take up Pascal as
    a road to C. Pascal is a language that assumes you know
    very little and places lots of restrictions and
    inhibitions on you. If you already are a traditional-style
    programmer, you don't need the knowledge Pascal will
    teach you (modularization, declaration, etc). Go on into
    C and avoid having to unlearn all the limits Pascal will
    place on you.

5) Picking up Assembler prior to learning C isn't a bad idea.
    Hardly required, tho.

Belgarath the Sorcerer
bank@lea.csc.ncsu.edu

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