On 2006-01-07 15:25, JD Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Danial Thom wrote: >>--- Nicolas Blais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>On January 2, 2006 04:52 pm, Sean wrote: >>>>Sean wrote: >>>>> Looking for recommendations on any Unix programming books. I have >>>>> been out of things for a while so I would put my skill level back >>>>> to the beginning. >>>> >>>> I forgot to mention that I wish to work withC/C++ >>> >>> There's a free C++ book which is great: >>> http://mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html >>> You can also buy the hardcopy on Amazon. >> >> I'd recommend learning C before C++. In order to be an effective unix >> programmer you must master the C language, as you'll have to examine >> and modify code in C to do anything substantial. Virtually all major >> programs and kernels are 'C' based. > > I think, in general, this is wrong.
I think, in general, this is right. > And I think many "professionals" also feel that learning C++ is the > way to go. If you just learning, you might as well start with > C++. For many good reasons, see Stroustrup's answer himself: > > http://public.research.att.com/~bs/learn.html Which essentially boils down to "learn C++ it's better and easier to learn". I very much disagree, but this is another flamewar, I guess. Danial is right that there are many large programs out there that are written in C, not C++. This means that just learning C++ and hoping to "cope with it" when an 11,000,000-line monster, written in plain C, comes along is just not going to cut it. Thus, "learn both" is a good answer, but I understand that this may be quite impossible some times. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
