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- From: sides@cbus.mindspring.com (Dale Sides)
- Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C or C++ for a 14-year old?
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 02:19:02 GMT
- Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc.
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- I recently picked up Microsoft Visual C++ with a compilier for $44.00
- at Babbages software store. This was entitled Visual c++ in 12
- lessons. Very unique the book that comes with it is very
- instructional and easy (somewhat) to follow. Fairly cheap way to
- spark an interest.
-
- Dale Sides
-
- Michael Childers <childer@primenet.com> wrote:
-
- >When it is all said and done, I feel the majority of the posts to this
- >thread are slightly strict. If the boy were college level and we were
- >guiding his career future, almost everything posted here seems
- >appropriate. However, he is a boy. He still has an interest to spark. If
- >this were my son, i would let him try out the basic that comes with DOS
- >that is on my machine. Then if he is curious about other languages, I
- >would get him one of the many FREE compilers on the net to experiment
- >with. The idea is to keep him yearning. Give the boy everything at once
- >and he loses interest.
-
- >When he finds a language he likes, go ahead and buy him a fancier one.
- >You won't waste a lot of money that way if you get the wrong language for
- >him or if he loses interest altogether.
-
- >I have been told that there is a free C compiler at the web page below.
- >check it out.
-
- >http://www.hitech.com.au
-
- >hope your boy has as much fun learning how to program as i did!
-
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