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    C then C++

    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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    Hmmm... Maybe ask in the general forum

    It makes sense - C came before C++

    And, yes, you are being pedantic :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Click_here View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hex_dump
    So why is it C is listed as the second option and not the first?
    What are you talking about? C is the sixth option in that section.
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    Quote Originally Posted by laserlight View Post
    What are you talking about? C is the sixth option in that section.
    It's second for me when I click "forum" up top

    Quote Originally Posted by hex_dump View Post
    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?
    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!
    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.

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by std10093 View Post
    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 popular

    Maybe bumping up C# might help
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    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++.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    Quote Originally Posted by laserlight View Post
    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++.
    exactly

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    Quote Originally Posted by laserlight View Post
    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++.
    Why has this site never developed c# tutorials?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Click_here View Post
    Why has this site never developed c# tutorials?
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Click_here View Post
    Why has this site never developed c# tutorials?
    Probably because there are not so many skilled C# individuals regularly visiting this board.
    See for yourself. 99% of the threads are either C or C++.
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    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.
    Quote Originally Posted by Click_here View Post
    Maybe bumping up C# might help
    [Kidding]
    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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    If there would be a C sharp tutorial here, I would read it for sure.
    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.

    That's C hash by the way; C sharp is a note!

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    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++")...

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