From: Mike '/m' 


In the mid-80's I helped a lifelong COBOL programmer learn c.

It was, ummmm..., challenging.   The thought processes are just not the same.

 /m

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 09:40:14 -0600, "Randy H"
 wrote:

>Try coming from COBOL.
>
>"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
>news:i5npo05fabd2mnjjqlcdlil94dmj0rminq{at}4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 07:29:13 -0600, "Geo"
 wrote:
>>
>>>I'm starting to think Ellen may be right though, perhaps I should have
>>>started with C and worked up to C++ just to get a bit more of
the history.
>>
>> I think you are on the right track starting with c++ first.  As a software
>> manager, one of the most difficult transitions that I see in the people I
>> mentor is the transition from a procedural language (c) to an
>> object-oriented
>> language (c++).  (*)
>>
>>
>>  /m
>>
>>
>> *) I'll leave it to tohers to dicuss whether c++ is a
"true" object
>> oriented
>> language, or whether you need to look at Objective C for that
>> qualification.
>>
>

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