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From: Pat on 15 Dec 2009 20:08
Francis Glassborow wrote:
> Pat wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, your right. In my mind I was viewing structures and classes as
>> different things. I've been teaching myself C++ with the help of
>> several books. In the text that has served as my primary reference,
>> structures were introduced fairly early (well ahead of classes). So I
>> got use to using those well before knowing what a class was.
>
> So what was the primary textbook? Because introducing structs like that
> seems unhelpful (but typical of authors who think you should learn the C
> way before unlearning it to learn the C++ way :) }

There are actually three different texts I've been using. I like having
several to ref to, as some authors will explain certain topics better
than others. One is yours ("You can program in C++") which I found to
be a good introductory text. Another is "Accelerated C++" by Koenig and
Moo. It's a little too accelerated for my taste, so I haven't used it
that much. The one I've used the most is "C++ Primer Plus" by Prata.
At almost 1200 pages, it's much more detailed than the others, but still
very readable. As such, it makes a good reference, but since the author
often likes to go into great detail on the various nuances of the
language, it can be a bit overwhelming (and confusing!) for the newbie
at times. So they all have their pros and cons.


>>
>> I have to say, C++ is the most complex programming language I have
>> ever learned. Its taken a while to digest it all (or least the little
>> bit I've learned). This newsgroup has been a big help though, and I
>> appreciate all the responses I've gotten to my questions.
>
> Yes C++ is a very complex language but like English using it does not
> require mastery of all or even most of it.


That is true! I got into C++ because I wanted to write some dll's for a
finite element code I'm using. I did that using just the very basic
elements of the language (functions and structures but no classes). Of
course, now that I've discovered classes and the magic of overloaded
operators, I will probably end up rewriting everything I wrote (and do
it in half the number of lines)!

Thanks again for your help. I appreciate it.
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