C or C++

[commdogg]

Four days ago I bought a copy of "Teach Yourself C in 21 Days". I've been reading it since. I am now having some doubts. I saw a few C++ code examples and they seem to make more sence to me. So which one would be good for me... I consider myself (on a scale of 1-10) a 7 with Perl (just to show I'm not a complete beginner). So which would be good?

Thanks in advance.

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So you want a C++ book suggestion? Well, Bruce Eckel (http://www.bruceeckel.com)'s book "Thinking in C++" is 100% free, so why not check out that link and see if that helps.

[aph3x]

i would recommend learning both c and c++. if you go ahead and teach yourself c, non-OOP c++ is a breeze to pick up, and then move on to OOP with c++. then you know 2 programming laguages...

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[siqe]

What was it that made more sense to you in C++, commdog.

p.s. take your book back to the sto and get you're money back, isn't that one of the big fat http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/cool.gif$50$ http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/cool.gif ones. most C++ books start with C and then show you the C++ later in the book.



[This message has been edited by siqe (edited 12 November 2000).]

[commdogg]

siqe:

It'd just the design, I guess. I like the way it looks (and some of the basic syntax I saw). Like to print something...

C

#include <stdio.h>

main() {
printf("Hello World\n");
return 0;
}


C++

#include <iostream.h>

main() {
cout << "Hello World\n";
return 0;
}


I guess it'd be better if I just stuck with it and see all of C before I judge it.

[This message has been edited by commdogg (edited 13 November 2000).]