From: drathj01 AT xlab1 DOT fiu DOT edu (daniel k rathjens)
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Subject: Re: Learning C/C++
Date: 24 Jan 1997 04:23:20 GMT
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Alan Wilson (alan DOT wilson AT wilshire DOT com) spake thus:
: At 01:05 AM 1/21/97 -0500, you wrote:

: >
: >> love to program.. and I lvoe my computer.. and I would love to be able
: >> to program in C/C++ ASAP!    :)
: >
: >You'll have to learn C sufficiently before you even think of C++,
: >however C is easy to learn if you have a couple books and some time to
: >invest.  If you've got any programming experience in BASIC or any
: >other languages then you'll be fairly comfortable with C within 2 - 4
: >weeks.  If not, then it may take a while.  
: >

: Is that true??  I would need to learn C before I can program in C++?  I was
: under the impressions that I could skip C.

: Alan Wilson

No.  It's not true.  If you consider that C is a subset of C++, then I
suppose you could learn C seperately first on the way to learning C++,
but it is definately not necessary. 
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