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Insomnia · Jul 31st, 2004, 2:01 PM

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Originally posted by Ooble@Jul 12 2004, 10:34 PM
I say that you should just start with C++. Don't start with C - that's what I did, and it took a bit of work to get used to OO. I still haven't grasped everything yet. There are a few good books out there, but don't get C++ For Dummies - it's crap. I'm sure someone else can recommend something - I haven't had much luck with decent material.

I recommend SAMS Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours or SAMS Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days. I have Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, and let me
say that it's a great book. It's just a great book - what can I say?

::Insomnia::

Ben-Arba · Jul 31st, 2004, 2:23 PM

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Originally posted by Infinite Recursion@Jul 15 2004, 03:19 PM
I must be a dinosaur... I started in the BASIC, BASIC-A, XBASIC environments... lol*

I started in GWBASIC on an ancient monochrome I inherited from my step-sister. x) ...which I don't advise, by the way.

So it's not all bad! XD

Pizentios · Aug 3rd, 2004, 9:34 AM

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I recommend SAMS Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours or SAMS Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days.

I haave both as e-books. PM if interested.

Infinite Recursion · Aug 3rd, 2004, 8:51 PM

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I started in GWBASIC on an ancient monochrome I inherited from my step-sister. x) ...which I don't advise, by the way.

I failed to mention my GWBASIC days... oops. I was also there in the orange text and black background days.

I agree about the SAMs books... they normally provide some very good documentation.

erebus · Aug 7th, 2004, 12:59 PM

If you want to learn to program, your best bet would be to go with something like Python or Scheme. The interactive environment is a god-send for the curious and inexperienced. I don't appose to you learning a lower-level language like C++(lower, not low :-P), but if all you want to do is learn to program, this would just make the process slower and a tad harder. If this is the road you want to take, by all means, go for it. I have a rather large array of SAMS books, and all I can say is that the orginization watches its accuracy(which is not good). I would recommend the books C++: How To Program, by Deitel & Deitel and The C++ Programming Language for a ANSI conformant reference.

Aug 7th, 2004, 12:59 PM	#15
erebus Programmer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: /dev/null Posts: 65 Rep Power: 5	If you want to learn to program, your best bet would be to go with something like Python or Scheme. The interactive environment is a god-send for the curious and inexperienced. I don't appose to you learning a lower-level language like C++(lower, not low :-P), but if all you want to do is learn to program, this would just make the process slower and a tad harder. If this is the road you want to take, by all means, go for it. I have a rather large array of SAMS books, and all I can say is that the orginization watches its accuracy(which is not good). I would recommend the books C++: How To Program, by Deitel & Deitel and The C++ Programming Language for a ANSI conformant reference. __________________ <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" - Mao Tse-Tung</span></span>

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Whats for starters?