Re: C++
By: Digital Man to crow on Fri Nov 08 2019 01:20 pm
DM> Knowing C really should be a prerequisite for any C++ programmer, so I
DM> definitely think it's a good thing to learn (the K&R book and sites like
When I was learning programming/software engineering, the college I started off
at taught C++ from the start, with maybe one class using C later (mainly for hav
ing us program our own data structures). While learning C++, some knowlege of C
was taught as well (which I think is required, since C++ can make use of most C
headers and code). I don't think not fully learning C first hampered anything
though.
I also seem to remember hearing that some people had the opinion that learning C
first could actually teach some bad habits, as far as making you used to non-ob
ject-oriented programming, which might make it more difficult to get used to OO
programming with other languages later.
As far as speed, I've heard some people think the STL in C++ is slow and they li
ke to avoid it. I think the STL is very poweful though, and is one of the best
features of the C++ standard library, along with the algorithms included with th
e <algorithm> header. It seems to me they did what they can to make the STL fas
t via the use of templates, which resolve types at compile-time, which is faster
than doing so at runtime.
Nightfox
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