RE: C vs. C++ãBY: Hausmaus to Digital Man on Wed Jul 05 2000 02:26 pmãã > Rob,ã > ã > I've decided to take the plunge and learn C. However, I was told that C++ iã > better... and I'm a bit confused. Since you're the only professional Cã > programmer I know, I was wondering if you could help me distinguish between ã > and C++.ã > ã > I was at Barnes and Noble looking at beginner C/C++ books and I got confusedã > of which one to buy (I'm buying one soon). Which one should I start off in?ã > I'm familiar with programming (I know several variants of BASIC and Pascal)ã > and am familiar with beginner to intermediate programming techniques andã > ideas.ã > ã > My main point is: should I learn C then C++ or should I jump into C++ withouã > worring about C? Any help is appreciated. :)ã > ã > Later,ã > Seanã > ã > Oh, that sound of male ego. You travel halfway across the galaxyã > and it's still the same song.ã > -- Eve McHuron, "Mudd's Women," stardate 1330.1.ã > ã > ãSorry for the long quote.ãI purchased "Programming in 12 easy lessons" by Greg Parry, SAMs publishing.ãIt was a bit miss leading, I thought I was getting a compiler, I got a Versionãof a Compiler that will not create stand alone programs.ããI then picked up Borland Turbo C++ Suite that comes with a Turbo C++ 3.0 forãDOS and Turbo C++ 4.5 for WIndows 16bit complilers, and has Learn to programãwith Borland C++ Builder 1.0 for WIndows 95 and NT.ããComp USA had it for $59.ããI have been playing with the DOS and WIndows complilers and have found I writeãthe code exactly in the book, perfect syntax and the compiler gives me errors.ãI think Boreland gave me a bug compiler or perhaps it is I am trying to use aãDOS compiler in a WINDOWS 98 DOS prompt window. But it is frustratiing. I haveãbeen able to make a few programs that work. But so many commands do not workãeven when I type them exactly as in the book that I have just given up.ããI used to program in GFA basic which used similar syntax as C++ and never hadãthese problems.ããOh well, at least we got guys like Rob who figured all this shit out. :)ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ telnet://talamasca-bbs.com http://talamasca-bbs.comã