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Article #1958Re: Should I learn C or C++ first?
From: Rainer Deyke
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 19:39
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 19:39
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Jeff W. (psilocyn@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : I just got Borland C++ 4.51, and there's a few questions I have. : Should I learn C or C++ first? And, what benefits do they each have : over each other? I don't really know the differences between the two. Learn C first. C++ is based on C but has some extra features, most of which take a lot of extra space and slow down your program. The main advantage of C++ is inline functions. C++ is also object oriented but you can easily write object oriented code in C, it's just not a built into the language. -- +----------------------------------------------+ | Rainer Deyke (rainer@mdddhd.fc.hp.com) | | "The Earth shall inherit the meek" - Carcass | +----------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!fc.hp.com!hpfcmdd!deyke3!rainer From: rainer@deyke3.fc.hp.com (Rainer Deyke) Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Should I learn C or C++ first? Followup-To: rec.games.programmer,comp.lang.c++ Date: 3 Aug 1995 19:39:55 GMT Organization: my basement Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vr8mb$400@deyke3.fc.hp.com> References: <3v6qkj$8ak@news1.best.com> <3v713f$2bd@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: rainer@mdddhd.fc.hp.com NNTP-Posting-Host: deyke3.fc.hp.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 051093BETA PL3]