Oops, my bad...

deadlinegrunt · 2000-02-10T05:32:48

This response that I am finishing here was generated in response to #define vs const, altough many post have led up this revalation. I decided to cut it short and finish my thought here. What I was suggesting is that one should read the freakin'' manual, help pages, etc. and start learning why certain things work rather than reading a book that promises learning C++ in 5 minutes and/or taking code snipets here and there and just using things because it seemed to work before in a completely different situation. There are only a handfull of keywords in the C/C++ language and little nuances such as the placement of a keyword on a single statement changes the meaning in a dramatic way. ( By the way, get "Brain Surgery in 24 Hours" or "Brain Surgery for Dummies", the pay is much better starting out ) This isn''t a lash out at you, anyone in this thread, or anyone that frequents this site. Simply put, C++ only takes a day or so of study to learn, but it takes lifetime to master. ( If you know basic programming skills already )That''s something you won''t read in these "Be a Game Programmer Overnight" books. Cozy up to this fact if you don''t know it. Embrace the fact that in the overall scheme of things your aren''t going to know squat until you have paid your dues. You may wow your friends who only play games etc, but bringing it here serves no purpose to anybody. If you are stuck, you have done your research/homework, and you absolutely cannot find a means to your answer: then by all means, post a question if you must. When someone responds, to just nit-pick the response away to show your "superior intellect" or whatever you are trying to accomplish serves no purpose but to muddy this issue of the thread and give into a mob mentality of trying to get your $0.02 in worth. And to validate this statement, I am as guilty as the next person having done this. Insanity is the process of doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. Therefore, I am tired of being sick and have decided to heal myself. I am off to learn my fundamentals again. After 15+ years of doing this I obviously missed that because I seem to constantly be reminded of that fact by people who on the surface of it don''t seem to understand the very tools they are trying to exploit. I guess they found a shortcut I wasn''t smart enough to find on my own. My apologies to the "true" programmers for here for wasting bandwidth and time. Even more, my apologies for the inexperienced with delusions of grandeur, for responding to some questions have done more harm than good. --Another tired bit-pusher err wannabe that is

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Started by deadlinegrunt February 01, 2000 08:01 PM

11 comments, last by deadlinegrunt 25 years, 1 month ago

Anonymous

February 08, 2000 08:12 AM

My only suggestion, make the "Begginers start here" button on the main page REALLLY big, I mean real big, have it flashing probably.
(Someone really asked for a good game programming site?) lol

Myopic Rhino

2,383

February 08, 2000 09:52 AM

quote:
Original post by bstach
#1 Take the time to try and find the resources you need on your own. If you have tried to find resources, but just can''t, then go ahead and ask about it.

#2 After you get the resources, then try to apply the information you find for yourself.

#3 If you have problems after that, then formulate a clear, concise question and post it.

Brad hit the nail on the head here. I''ve said the same thing many, many times myself. The whole reason we have this site is to help people, so I don''t mind answering newbie questions AT ALL. But if beginners would take these steps, it would make life easier for everyone, especially them.

deadlinegrunt also has a good point with checking the past year. There is an amazing wealth of information contained in the almost 20,000 posts to this board. Heh, even though, as he said, many of those are the same topics repeated.