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- From: Jesse Liberty <jl@staff.ichange.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Learning C++
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 09:21:03 -0500
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- Ken Blum wrote:
- >
- > 1) Is C a prerequisite to learning C++? Or can I just take a C++
- > class?
-
- Not only is it not prerequisite, I'd argue it is a MISTAKE to start with C. C is syntactically a sub-set of C++ but the
- semantics (meaning of the language) are very different. I would strongly urge you to learn C++ first.
-
- >
- > 3) Will learning either language on the Mac platform transfer to
- > Windows, UNIX or Windows NT.
-
- Yes, in large measure,because all the C++ will be the same. But you'll quickly be learning how to work (indirectly) with the
- mac toolbox, and with the class libraries created for the mac, and these will not directly transfer.
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