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Conference turris::languages

Title:Languages
Notice:Speaking In Tongues
Moderator:TLE::TOKLAS::FELDMAN
Created:Sat Jan 25 1986
Last Modified:Wed May 21 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:394
Total number of notes:2683

349.0. "C or C++" by LISVAX::MARIANO (RUI MARIANO @XIP) Wed Feb 10 1993 10:15


Hi,


   What's the difference between C and C++ ?
   I want to learn C but I don't know which is the
   best compiler.Can anyone help me ?

   Thanks in advance,

 Rui
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349.1STAR::ABBASIi think iam psychicWed Feb 10 1993 15:5826
    well, C++ is considered a superset of C, C++ has more features to it,
    has new data types than C , it is more complicated than C because
    it has these new features. many people starting to use C++. if you
    already know C it is less work to learn C++ cause the syntax and
    many other stuff are similar. C++ is considered an 'object oriented'
    language, C is not. 

    you need to get one of the many books on C++ to learn about it.

    as far as best compilers for C, if you using a PC, then Borland is
    good and not expensive compilers, you can probably get a C++ compiler
    for around $80 (not the pro version), i think that also include in it
    the C compiler (ansi) but not too sure. check out the computer shopper
    mag. they had ads. for C and C++ compilers for PC, so you can compare
    prices.  make sure you get one with a good debugger (symbolic) one.

    on VMS we offcourse have C and C++. 

    if you already know one or two computer languages, it would not
    be hard to learn C++ on your own with a good book on the side .

    hope this helps.

    \bye
    \nasser
349.2See also 91.27TLE::SAVAGETue Sep 14 1993 13:463
    I just entered reply .27 to note 91. That reply is a comp.lang.c++
    newsgroup discussion by Bjarne Stroustrup of the role of C++ compared
    to a whole bunch of programming languages.
349.3a good book to learn C++ROWLET::HUANGTue Feb 07 1995 14:248
    Hi,
    Here is a good book to learn C++.  it is "Learning C++" by Tom Swan. 
    It goes with a simple Zortech C++ compiler all under $50.  The compiler 
    runs any machines that is 286 PC with at least 1 Mbyte memory.  As a 
    professional C++ programmer, I start with the book and the compiler.
    
    Good luck!
    Ming