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- From: daled@cadence.com (Dale DePriest)
- Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:51:31 GMT
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- From what I have been following in this thread you have been given
- good advice for the most part. I would like to add a few comments
- that may help you get on your way.
-
- The discussion mentions Borland C++. You may not know that this is
- also known as Turbo C/C++. The Turbo version is adequate to learn on
- and is quite a bit cheaper. The full Borland version provides a full
- environment for professional programmers. The Turbo C can often be
- had inexpensively in the used market, going rate about $25, by people
- that are moving to C++. Version 2 is excellent and supports all that
- you need to get going.
-
- Of course if you want to think about things as objects you'll need to
- grab Turbo C++. In this case buy a new one. You probably don't want
- the down level versions. The Borland/Turbo products have an integrated
- programming environment that is excellent for beginners.
-
- With regard to Fortran. When you code in C you will find that some
- math expressions are not deterministic since the optimizer may rearrange
- things. You may have to break the statement into pieces to get the
- answer you want. Other than that they should both be equally accurate.
- Fortran is probably easier to learn since you don't have to deal with
- pointers and scoping problems which are the most difficult C issues.
-
- To speed up your learning buy a book that has an available disk of the
- programs in the book and then buy the disk. It will save you lots of
- time. Also read the manuals that come with the software that you buy.
- Don't buy used software without full manuals.
-
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