From: Ian Chapman <ichapman AT nortel DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: learning C/C++
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 22:04:41 -0700
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Hi,
     I converted from c to c++  usding a book c to c++ in 2 weeks.  It
was on special so I'm always good for a deal.  I'm stuck with two
got-yers.  

1)   There is no detailed ref to libs in it.  I'm using my old c
tutorial by Kochan to look up a ref to fopen, strcat and others.  cin
<<"helo world << endl is explaned and I'm using that in place of
printf.  BUT should I still be using fprintf and fgets on files.  There
may be more to iostream.h than is explande in that book.  I'm stuck
using stdio.h  I've looked at the c++ lib using the info system but that
seems to be a level above what I've read.  It looks like there are a set
of objects there for doing I/O but it will take more than a quick read
to understand them.

2)   djgpp had at the time 96 Sep no classes corresponding to owl and
mfc so half the book was lost.

     I still think djgpp is a great system and some of the guys are
adding libs to it once I get time to figure out what they are.  A winter
job.

                Regards Ian.


Wald0 wrote:
> 
> Pete wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >   Now that I have everything working, does anyone know of a good
> > (cheap)
> > book or site that has some good info on learning C/C++? Also, for game
> >
> > programming, should I use C or C++? I noticed that C compiles faster,
> > but
> > I don't know much at all other than that (I'm stoopid). Well, thanks
> > in
> > advance,
> > -Pete
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~
> > *Remove the "Remove-This" from my email address to
> > reply, thank you drive through.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> There is a website that you can learn different computer related things
> like programming languages. Enrollment in any number of classes cost 5
> bucks a month, but there are always books they use for textbooks(The C++
> class usually uses "Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days", but you should find
> out for sure first) they recommend you buy. If you want information,
> check out www.zdu.com.
> 
> Wald0