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- From: patrickp@usa.pipeline.com(Patrick Palczewski)
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- Subject: Re: Help!!! Need advice on career in computers!
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 00:33:38 GMT
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- On Feb 22, 1996 20:20:50 in article <Re: Help!!! Need advice on career in
- computers!>, 'mzhang@ug.cs.dal.ca (MAONI ZHANG)' wrote:
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- >: I see many job opportunities for C\C++ programming of which I
- >: understand I should learn C first. Please offer advice and
- >: suggestions on materials that would explain this arcane language to a
- >: beginner.
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- >Do you REALLY like programming? If not, it's hard to get into it. IMHO.
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- That is an important first step. <G> C++ is a powerful language, but may
- be hard to learn. I know more QBasic than I do C++, and while I'm teaching
- myself C++, some of the stuff is over my head (though I've been programming
- for a while). You can gradually move up to C, by at least getting the
- basics of programming down (IF...THEN...ELSE statements, reading/writing to
- a file) and then moving to advanced bits. A good 1st language would be
- Basic (for programming itself), or if you want to get into C++'s pointers
- and array functions, then PASCAL is a good starter language to go with.
- It's easier to move to C/C++ from Pascal than it is to move from Basic to
- C++. Hope this helps you...
-
- Anyway.. if you want to ignore what I said, then start with "C++ for
- Dummies" , or "C++ Primer Plus" by Stephen Prata, both good beginner books
- on C++. Both have lots of little code samples to help you grasp the ideas
- behind C++ programming. Good luck!
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