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<WXMBX@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> wrote:
>I am interested in enrolling in C++ in Windows from NRI schools. I am sure
>most of you have seen their ads in all of the PC Magazine press. Basically
>it is a home based study course and they provide the materials.
>I would like to hear about any comments or experiences good or bad.
>By the way he cost of the tuition is about $2000.
> 
> 
>Thanks in Advance,
>Bill M.

$2,000!?!  That's a _huge_ amount of money for a correspondance course, isn't
it?  First of all, C++ is just one language, it can be picked up by anyone
with a good book and a knowledge of programming in general.  If you need 
instruction in programming in general, take a university class. A single class
at a good state university is less than $300, and there you get a living
person.  For the kind of money you're talking,  an introductory
programming course at a state university in your area or an object oriented
programming course would seem a much better deal.  In addition, many
entry level programming courses are now taught in C++, so you learn both
general programming and C++/object oriented programming at the same time.

That this class is "in Windows" also makes me wary.  C++ is not specific
to any operating system, and it shouldn't be learned that way.  You may
need to use libraries specific to your operating system when doing real
programming, but that's not C++.

My $0.02.

--Paul