quote: Original post by penguin
Everything you learn in C can be used in C++

as with most things in life, this statement isnt entirely valid.

-eldee
;another space monkey;
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quote: Original post by pandabear114
ok
since i am not really getting anywhere in my current situation ()
has anyone read c++ in 21 days, and do you think it is a pretty good book for teaching all hte c++ basics if i just went straight into c++ rather than c?

unless you just really want to buy books, i''d recommend
checking out some online progressive tutorials..
cplusplus.com has some really good ones..
although their persistant use of the old style headers is a bit
odd..

if you''re definately after a book, i''d recommend C++ by Example
(cant for the life of me remember the author, but if you search
for it on amazon you''re bound to find it). As a follow up, i''d
recommend Effective C++ (ditto with the author bit here).

hope this helps



-eldee
;another space monkey;
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thanks

Hi !

IMO you can learn C before switching to C++.
Learning C will give you all the syntax language (loops, function declaration, preprocessors) and the knowledge about standard library.

Then there are book that guide you in the swiching from C to C++ (If I remember, the creator of C++ wrote such book)

If you work on windows, you will have to deal with the Win32 API which uses C.

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