From: "Maan M. Hamze" <mmhamze AT mail DOT utexas DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Learning C/C++
Date: 28 Jan 1997 05:25:27 GMT
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Alan Wilson <alan DOT wilson AT wilshire DOT com> wrote in article
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> 
> 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.
> 
It depends on the school of thought you belong to.  I belong to the school
that no you do not need to know any C in order to learn 
C++.  Actually, I think that if someone is serious about C++ then they
should avoid C altogether.
The reason is the OOP paradigm.  C++ is more than just additional
extensions to C.  It is an entirely new paradigm in programming.
That is of course if you choose to see it as such.  For example, I am in
the habit of writing everything as a Class.  Some may think
that this is an overkill.  I do not.  C++ allows you to abstract a
situation into objects beneath the flag of a Class.  So why waste a breath
on C and procedural programming.  Think Objects, and memberships;
polymorphisms and inheritance.  Super classes and classes.
Private and public and protected members.  This is C++.  No place for C as
long as you think along the lines of OOP.
But as Dennis Miller says:  but that is only my personal opinion.
And you know, I am not interested in making any enemies in this newsgroup
:)
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Maan M. Hamze
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