> On Nov 28, 2018, at 8:36 AM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us> wrote: > > > >> On Nov 28, 2018, at 12:59 AM, Michael or Penny Novack >> <stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> On 11/26/2018 11:27 PM, David Cousens wrote: >>> Steve, >>> >>> I'd reinforce John and Adrien's comments about diving right in. I >>> originally learned C somewhere in the late 1980's from Kernigan and >>> Ritchie's book and used the language for a couple of years. >> Not a bad way to learn I used that book too. The exercises along the way >> are essentially creating your own versions of the "standard library" >> utilities. >> >> C++ is essentially a "pre-compiler" language. Object oriented at the source >> level, not object oriented at run time. Whether a good idea to start with >> C++ might depend on how far you need to go. Just some basic/routine >> programming or all the way to being able to define your own special purpose >> objects that are from scratch (as opposed to composed of existing ones in >> the C++ objects library).
You’re about 30 years out-of-date on C++ (and probably on C as well if your study stopped with K&R). You might find the suggested reading at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/C%2B%2B#Developer_Preparation <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/C++#Developer_Preparation> or Koenig & Moo’s “Accelerated C++”, recommended earlier in this thread, useful to catch up. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
