Monday May 20 1996 22:33, Peter Fitzsimmons wrote to Jim Fitzsimmons:

Jim, I have a few comments on Peter's advice.

 JF>> Have you any suggestions for someone learning the in's and
out's of "C"
 JF>> or C++ under OS/2 ?

 PF> Learning of the two (C and OS/2) at the same time is not realistic,

I agree here.  You should learn C or C++ first and then learn the Control
Program API.  Wait until you are reasonably proficent in C/C++ and the CP
API before you move on to PM.  If you want to learn WPS programming, learn
that last.

 PF> My advice: Don't learn C,  go directly to C++.

I can't agree here.  There are times when doing something the C way is much
better than the C++ way.  If you learn C++ only, chances are that you won't
know how to do these things in C.  You should also know C beause it can
generate smaller and faster programs (no C++ 'object' overhead), which can
come in handy if you're coding for lesser hardware..

 PF> For C++, there is "The C++ Programming Language" by
Bjarne Stroustrup (creator
 PF> of C++), but I do not like his writing style nearly as much as K&R.  I'd
 PF> suggest you get another suggestion .

I've had decient success with 'Teach yourself C++ in 21 days.'  I can't
remember the author, but it's published by SAMS.  You shouldn't have much
trouble finding it.

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