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- From: Alex Morgan <alex@tmfi.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: compiler for beginner (was Re: visual C++)
- Date: 4 Jan 1996 21:24:36 GMT
- Organization: Pioneer Global
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- sumner@tiac.net (Sumner Paine) wrote:
- >
- > What is the difference between regular and visual c++? (Is there a version
- > of visual c++ for the mac?)
-
- Sum,
- I take it that you use a Macintosh. I would highly recommend that
- you look into some books by Dave Mark, one of which,
- _Learn C on the Macintosh_, comes with a stripped-down version of
- Symantec's C development environment, THIN C, and a coupon for
- upgrading to the real thing, THINK C. Make sure that this gets you
- a recent version of THINK C- early versions (before 5.0, I believe)
- were quite incompatable with standard C++. They are up to about version
- 8 now, I think. If you have to spend serious money on THINK C even
- with the coupon, then consider buying the C compiler from Metrowerks
- instead.
-
- C can be very unfriendly (and C++ can be downright hostile) which is
- why I previously recommended to you starting out briefly in some other
- language, but Mark's books are friendly enough to make up for that.
- The C book assumes no previous knowledge whatsoever. There's also
- _Learn C++ on the Macintosh_, which is probably an update to the
- same book, and, once you have zipped through that book, the
- _Macintosh Programming Primer_, volumes 1 and 2, by Dave Mark and
- Cartwright Reed would be your logical next step.
-
- After that, you will need to invest in:
- Kernighan & Ritchie's book
- Stanley Lippman's book
- Inside Macintosh
- a reference on MacsBug
-
- Have even more fun!
-
-