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Steve Schafer (TeamB) <pandeng@telepath.com> wrote in article
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> On 30 Jul 1999 02:59:58 GMT, "William Barker"
> <Heatherdale@fsbdial.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >I'm not only new to java but also c/c++, first of all do i need to learn
> >c++ before learning java, even worst do i need to learn c before
learning
> >c++, i would obviously prefer to go straight into java but is it going
to
> >be too difficult not knowing any c/c++ first ?
> 
> Absolutely not. In fact, it's probably better that you don't know
> C/C++.
>
what do you mean by this ?
 
> >the type of book im looking for must explain the source code examples in
> >detail, it also needs to explain arrays, strings, functions, classes,
class
> >objects, OOP, applets..etc, etc..each one dedicated to it's chapter with
> >lots of good solid examples for it to sink in and hopefully not
forgotten
> >over night / nite.
> 
> Java and OOP are two different subjects, and while you can use Java to
> assist you in learning OOP, you can't really learn both at the same
> time. I'd recommend starting with the Java tutorial that's available
> on Sun's web site (www.javasoft.com); that should help get you
> familiar with the basic ideas of Java programming, as well as with the
> basic ideas of OOP. After that, and assuming you're using JBuilder,
> you might take a look at one of the JBuilder-specific books.
> 
wouldn't the right book have OOP in it with enough examples to get me
started, and from there i should have enough basic skills to use OOP on my
own...obviosly with lots of practice...also
the book you mentioned for me to get is the one i've taken back to the book
store, it doesn't explain basic concepts and makes java difficult to
understand.

> For more in-depth info on OOP, _Object Oriented Design With
> Application_, by Grady Booch, is a good choice. If you want to really
> get into all of the finer details of OOP, try Bertrand Meyer's
> _Object-Oriented Software Construction_.
> 
> >one last thing is java backward compatible with c++,
> 
> No. It's a common misconception that Java is somehow based on C++.
> While it's true that Java borrows some syntax from C/C++, the actual
> languages bear almost no resemblance to each other.

> 
> -Steve
> 
>