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In article <42nh5t$ebg@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, 
lemahieu@paradise.caltech.edu says...
>
><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
>
 Paul can have my $0.02 also since I agree with all his comments.  I've 
been learing C++ at home by spending $100 on several books and buying a 
C++ compiler to exercise it on.