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Gregory Robert Douglas (933707@edna.swin.edu.au) wrote:
: 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. 

: I learned C first, but I don't think it matters greatly.  I do however 
: strongly recommend a book that will teach you C++ with *no* C knowledge 
: necessary:

: "Object Oriented Programming in Microsoft C++"
: Robert Lafore
: The Wait Group Press, 1992
: US$ 29.95,  Aust$ 59.95

I strongly second this suggestion.  I found it very instructive and 
didn't require me to already know C.  Also, I've been told (and I think 
this book mentions it) that sometimes learning C first makes it harder as 
you have to "unlearn" some C habits.  It also gives you a good 
instruction on OOP.

: Don't worry about the 'Microsoft' in the title, I use borland too, the 
: book only says this because it has a chapter on graphics using the 
: microsoft graphics (similar to bgi) and a chapter on using the Microsoft 
: Foundation Class library.  It is *the best* learn to program book, I have 
: ever read: 750 pages of *easy* reading.  If you would rather learn C first, 
: the author (Robert Lafore) has a book on this only, I haven't read that 
: one, but it has been recommended by others.

: -Greg

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