Plz, don't b mad cuz i ask questions. I made up my mind. As soon as I can, I Will start learning c++ n not C. I said in my previous posts that I Would learn c, but i won't. I just got one last question:
IF c++ is so much better, then y r ppl here obsessed with c?
Last edited by Kuro Tensai; 12-06-2011 at 04:23 PM.
Because C++ is NOT better... just different.Originally Posted by Kuro Tensai
If you don't know either, how can you possibly say one is better than the other? You must be listening to OOPs fanatics.
Tater is right, they're completely different languages that share some syntax.
I really doubt that..
Why would OOP fanatics advertise C++, though ? ..I hear Java and C# are much more OOP geared..
Last edited by manasij7479; 12-06-2011 at 04:50 PM.
C++ is designed for object simulations and modeling, particularly of complex objects. It does that by adding layers of abstraction between you and the objects, that allows the object to be dealt with in a more intuitive way.
The programming I like to do, does not involve such simulations or modeling, that can't be done with C, and the layers of abstraction in C++ can be very annoying to work with. It turns OOP (object oriented programming), into OOPS!
As the creator of C++ has rightly stated when asked the difference between C and C++ (iirc):
"In C, if you make a mistake, you can shoot yourself in the foot. In C++, you can blow your whole leg off."
I believe for you, C++ is a wise choice.
But almost none of the layers are compulsory.
You missed an important phrase of the quote.... C++ makes it difficult to shoot yourself in the foot..As the creator of C++ has rightly stated when asked the difference between C and C++ (iirc):
"In C, if you make a mistake, you can shoot yourself in the foot. In C++, you can blow your whole leg off."
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Given some of the total crap software out there, written in C++, you'll have to forgive me if I find that a little hard to believe.
That can be said for any language.
Said software usually comes from programmers with the same attribute...
An easy example is the OP here...
Last edited by manasij7479; 12-06-2011 at 05:17 PM.
You clearly are not familiar with me, and firearms.Code:You missed an important phrase of the quote.... C++ makes it difficult to shoot yourself in the foot..
Seriously, when I was learning programming, C++ was not taught in the colleges yet - it was BASIC and C, and little else.
I picked up a 1200 page book on C++, and studied most of it, but what struck with how simply what the author was trying to do, could be done in C and, on the C++ forums, how proud the C++ users were of their Rube Goldberg concoctions.
A good programming language, to me, has to be very careful to keep complexity down to a minimum. Google new language "Go" is a good example of that, as is Ruby. They have several OOP features, (in fact Ruby is totally object oriented, even more than C++), but they've kept the complexity down.
C++ seems like it took every feature but the kitchen sink, and put it into their language, and I believe I see even the drain washer sticking out of their toolbox.
Maybe the biggest reason I stuck with C was, I'm quite shy - and in C++, friends can see your privates.
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My circumstances were different... when I started teaching myself programming 2 years ago, without any idea of OOP or anything else ...C++ seemed simpler to me after a brief tryst with a 'bad' C book...and as I got the general idea of programming logic from that book... C++ was(and still is) a breeze to learn for me.
(I recently ventured towards C; the only unknown parts were the functions from <stdio.h> ...which offered nothing new for me...so I skipped that and started learning the posix functions instead...going into uncharted territory)
That goes against you too...; in C nothing is Private...even strangers have full access.Maybe the biggest reason I stuck with C was, I'm quite shy - and in C++, friends can see your privates.
No privacy? Darn it!
Interestingly, what appeals to me about C++ is how simply what I want to do could be done in C++ instead of the equivalent Rube Goldberg concoctions in C
Unless you use opaque walls for the bathroom, or in the case of C++, hide behind pimples
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