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- From: dondd@sr.hp.com (Don Dillon)
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- Subject: Re: C or C++ for a 14-year old?
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- Date: 10 Jan 1996 23:51:47 GMT
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- Tom Hope (103152.3666@CompuServe.COM) wrote:
- : My son loves to tinker with my computer. Besides the usual
- : games, he likes to create new game levels with level editors.
- : And everytime I boot Windows I am greeted with yet a new
- : wallpaper he created and wave file of wierd sounds. He is after
- : me to spring for a computer of his own. I told him that if
- : he can learn VB and C on my computer, I will buy him one of
- : his own.
-
- Tom, whatever way you go, here is a suggestion. I'm just now (this weekend)
- starting teaching myself c++. I bought a book call _Learn C++ Today_ that
- has a borland turbo c++ disk included. it has an editor, compiler, etc all
- on the one disk and uses this to give you hands on instructions while you
- learn. cost $30 but well worth it.
-
- don (ok, an object is a method in a class... but if the pointer...) dillon
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