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- From: cascio@augusta-dev.com (Joe Cascio)
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Moving from C to C++
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 00:01:18 GMT
- Organization: Augusta Development
- Message-ID: <4csb8e$n0i@crusher.ici.net>
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- In article <4cs44p$3pk@ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>, pochy@pop.ix.netcom.com
- says...
- >
-
-
- >Is it better to ease everyone into using C++ as a better C and take
- >advantage of the encapsulation, getting people familar on the tools
- >before jumping into a full object-oriented development? Or should
- >one jump right in a take the learning curve hit, sacrificing time to
- >market?
- >
-
- Hi,
-
- First, I would NOT try to move everyone into C++ at once either way.
- The "sheep dip" approach is a recipe for disaster.
-
- I would highly recommend hiring or contracting with a "coach".
- Someone who has many years experience in the OO/C++ world. Then, take
- some of your senior people (as long as they're not dinosaurs who
- refuse to learn anything new), put them with the coach, and let them
- build a small pilot project. Let the coach run the show! After you
- have that core group up to speed, then disperse them to other
- projects, and "let each one teach one", as the old saying goes.
-
- It's very difficult to learn this stuff from books. You have to have
- someone you can just ask, "How would I do this in C++", or, "Why am I
- getting this compiler error?", or "How do I implement a pointer to a
- member function?"
-
- Hope this helps,
- -JC
-
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