Every time i log on i notice there are always more threads for C than C++. So why is it C is listed as the second option and not the first? Is that just me being pedantic?
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Every time i log on i notice there are always more threads for C than C++. So why is it C is listed as the second option and not the first? Is that just me being pedantic?
Hmmm... Maybe ask in the general forum :)
It makes sense - C came before C++
And, yes, you are being pedantic :P
Yeah i wasn't sure where to post it :) Mods, if you want to move it feel free and sorry about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Click_here
What are you talking about? C is the sixth option in that section.Quote:
Originally Posted by hex_dump
It's second for me when I click "forum" up top :)Quote:
Originally Posted by laserlight
1. The illustrious leader (some call him "webmaster") seems to be more C++ inclined, if I've observed correctly. Heck, he's written a book on it!Quote:
Originally Posted by hex_dump
2. The forum order on that page is fixed, and not based upon how many posts are added to each section - it's an irrelevant statistic.
In addition to what Matticus said, which I believe is the first reason, I have to say that the forum is named C board or C programming, so the visitor that comes here for first time, knows that here, C is been discussed. So, the webmaster placed C++ at the top, in order the user to see immediately that C++ is being discussed here too.
That's a very good answer, and might explain why the C# board is not as popularQuote:
Originally Posted by std10093
Maybe bumping up C# might help
I doubt the position of the C# forum would matter as much as the fact that the online tutorials on the main website are on C and C++, and the fact that the webmaster is the author of a C++ beginner's book. My guess as to why the C forum sees more activity than the C++ forum: students are currently being taught programming in C more often than in C++.
exactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by laserlight
Why has this site never developed c# tutorials?Quote:
Originally Posted by laserlight
in my 6 and a half years on this board, I've never seen anyone request C# tutorials here. my guess is that it's related to the fact that there are already millions of C# tutorials out there - many of them in much more conspicuous places on the net - and no one here cares enough about C# to post another redundant tutorial.Quote:
Originally Posted by Click_here
Probably because there are not so many skilled C# individuals regularly visiting this board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Click_here
See for yourself. 99% of the threads are either C or C++.
If there would be a C sharp tutorial here, I would read it for sure.
And of course they won't ask for them.
Let this scenario: A guy who is interested in C# comes in the forum. Checks the traffic in the forum. Sees that C# is of low traffic.
What will do?
Search the forum for a thread like this, in order to submit his interest in C# tutorial or leave the forum?
You know the answer. You do it too, when you look tutorials for something.
[Kidding]Quote:
Originally Posted by Click_here
This will result in many threads to be moved by the admins, since C and C++ code will be posted there.
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Why? Honestly tutorials are among the dodgiest ways to learn anything and if we do have C# people here, they're being quiet about it. Which means that even if someone starts writing tutorials there is no one here to help with the usual peer reviews.Quote:
If there would be a C sharp tutorial here, I would read it for sure.
That's C hash by the way; C sharp is a note!
It would practically make more sense having Java than C# as it more widely used and they are both as similar to C++. But it is just a "C Programming board" not a "Programming board" so the name was just a good excuse to add C# even though it was expected to have much less focus. I mean, c'mon, look at the logo on the top left of this page ("Your resource for C and C++")...
Probably because the folks who muscled the C# forum in have long since left, and the rest of us don't really care about extending the focus to another language.Quote:
Originally Posted by Click_here
One is shorthand for the other.Quote:
Originally Posted by whiteflags
C
I think that there is a demand for C# tutorials.
I don't think it is fair saying "there are plenty other tutorials out there, so why bother", because there are plenty of C++ and C tutorials out there - This site does them well, so competition isn't really a problem.
The most likely reason (in my opinion) that the C# community on here is quiet is because of the lack of support in the form of tutorials.
However, does cprogramming want to diversify to include C# tutorials? There is a forum thread for C#, and that's about it. What about Objective-c? Maybe there is an advantage being a specialist in C and C++ over being the tutorial site for all C languages.
I'm waiting for the Java tutorials (which have been on the LHS of the main cprogramming site for a while)
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Originally Posted by whiteflags
[nitpick]Quote:
Originally Posted by Click_here
The hash and the sharp symbol are two different characters.
The language is indeed called "C sharp" but due to the restricted character sets of standard fonts is often written with the hash symbol.
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Bye, Andreas
:OQuote:
Originally Posted by AndiPersti
I never new that
Well, I'm a C# guy (among other things) these days. Not quiet so much as generally busy with work, which is also the only reason I wouldn't volunteer to do a C# tutorial. I would certainly be happy to review and give feedback if someone else created a tutorial, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by whiteflags