Hi DARRELL,
DARRELL SALTER was observed on 13-Sep-97, writing to ROGER SCUDDER
          Something about: New to C
 RS>> C and C++ are two distinct and different languages.  If you  want
 RS>> to learn C, you should post questions in the C echo.  I  know at
 RS>> first it will be confusing trying to understand what  the
 RS>> differences are.  In time it will become clear to you.
 DS> Ah.. ok.  I thought an understanding of C was required before
 DS> tackling C++. Is that incorrect?
 It's not required.  I have heard some different reasoning
 on this matter.  Some feel that it is best to learn C first.
 C++ has many roots in C, but OTOH it also has roots in Object
 Oriented programming.  Some feel that C teaches some difficult
 to break bad habits which will make learning C++ a bit more
 difficult.  (For the record, these are not my opinions. These
 are things I have read here)  Still others think that learning C
 after C++ it too hard and it is easier to learn C first.
 My opinion is that one must approach the study of another
 language with a open mind and with as little preconceived
 notions as possible (we're all human).  So the decision
 wether to learn C or C++ first should be based on which one
 you want/need to learn first.
 My reasoning brings me to this: it is a good idea to gain some
 mastery of procedural programming idioms, ie; C, Pascal, COBOL,
 etc... before attempting to learning the more cerebral Object
 Oriented Programming idioms.
 Roger Scudder
 rogers@gim.net
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