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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 10:01:49 -0400
From: Isaac Waldron <waldroni AT lr DOT net>
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George Kinney wrote:
> 
> CDKrug <cdkrug AT aol DOT com> wrote in article
> <19970721011901 DOT VAA04168 AT ladder02 DOT news DOT aol DOT com>...
> > At the risk of some flames, here goes.
> >
> > Been working w/ C professionally for several years.  I know x86, several
> > dialects of BASIC.  I have about 50,000 links of BASIC & 10,000 lines of
> > C,  out working in the real world, w/ about 1,000 lines of assembly for
> > good measure.
> >
> > This fall, I'm taking a course that assumes a knowledge of c++.  Anyone
> > ever made the transition?  Any suggestions?
> 
> If you have a good grasp of C, you'll cut down the amount of material
> you'll
> need to learn. They are different languages, but a great deal of C is still
> very applicable to C++.
> 
> I haven't needed to switch to C++ professionaly yet, but I've been learning
> it in my spare time. It has it's own quirks, but by and large is very
> similar
> to C, and that has made learning it _much_ easier.
> 
> IMHO, it isn't all that difficult to learn C++, coming from a C background.
> 
> The real difficulty is the same as every other language I've used, coding
> efficiently and exploiting the language features completely.  But it grows
> on you quickly.
> 
> The best advice I can give is to get a good book, and skim through it a
> couple of times, do some coding, and skim it a few more times. Do the
> stupid
> little trivial programs they show, just to make sure you know them. Better
> yet, get two books. One that is extremely accurate, for the esoteric
> questions,
> and one that is easy to read, to make it easier to swallow.
> 
> As for book suggestions,  I won't even tempt flaming that way.  Try the
> C++ FAQ for recommendations. (And the local book stores of course)
> 
> Anyways,  good luck.

I started programming about 3 years ago in BASIC.  I worked with that
for about a year, then tried Pascal, mostly because it looked almost
like BASIC and could create .exe's.  I'm now into C++, and I found it
very easy to learn even with no C experience.

Good Luck,
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