Re: Should I learn C or C++ first?

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From: Karl Wood
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 08:20

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Anyone following this discussion could do worse than read Bjarne Stroustrup's
_The Design and Evolution of C++_ ISBN 0-201-54330-3, section 1.3, pages 23-25.

I don't want to start a Bjarne Stroustrup cult or anything, but if it were
not for copyright I'd reproduce it here. I would paraphrase it by saying it
is about being humble when having an opinion on a subject you know a lot
about.

My interest is in persuading C people to at least give C++ a try, which seems
reasonable nowadays when marketing has tended to make a particular company's
C and C++ compilers into the same product so there's no financial obstruction.

-- 
K. J. Wood                        "I actively disclaim speaking for Philips"
Philips Research Laboratories,  Cross Oak Lane,
Redhill,  SURREY  RH1 5HA, United Kingdom.          
Phone: +44 (0)1293 815328   Fax: +44 (0)1293 815500   karl@prl.philips.co.uk

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