Need to learn some languages

leDoOd · Post by **leDoOd** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:26 am

I need to learn C, C#, C+, and C++ sometime...I don't care how long it will take and whatnot, but I feel left out in all these discussions about programs and commands etc.

I would prefer to start with basic C then work my way up, because I tried learning C++ for a while, but it didn't explain a lot of commands and I ended up losing heart and getting lost.

Anyone have any suggestions for some good books or software?

Thanks...

theblob · Post by **theblob** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:59 am

first do you know any other simpler languages eg. basic? if you haven't i'd recommend learning one before going on to more complicated languages.

second i think this has been posted before but http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
is a turorial for c++.

leDoOd · Post by **leDoOd** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 4:45 am

Never heard of basic language...

Is that a variant of C?

Blorx · Post by **Blorx** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 7:35 am

BASIC is NOT easier...It is way more complicated. I have a friend whose dad made pong out of both...he said C++ was easier

leDoOd · Post by **leDoOd** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:31 am

So I should start with that before everything else? O.o Confusing...

zip · Post by **zip** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:35 am

As somone who actually knows BASIC and (to some extent) C, I would say that BASIC is much easier for a beginning coder, you just want to move on after you learn it.

Post by **David** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:47 pm

BASIC is definitely much easier to use.

leDoOd · Post by **leDoOd** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:21 pm

Okay, so I will buy some books that teach basic (BASIC?) C then move onwards. Thanks.

zip · Post by **zip** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:00 pm

BASIC = Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
Or somthing...

Nayr · Post by **Nayr** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:45 pm

don't learn C# unless you are on windows.
BASIC might be hard to learn on a mac.
after that, learn C then Obj-C or C++ (I'm partial to obj-c

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Post by **Jeff** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:07 pm

Have you considered taking a CS class at a community college?

leDoOd · Post by **leDoOd** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:08 am

Jeff, I don't speak well enough in French to be able to go to a community college and take classes on CS.

Maybe when I get back to the US.

Shadowfury333 · Post by **Shadowfury333** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:51 am

Learn a language like Java or Objective-C before going to C++. C++ is very complicated, and should not be learned as a first language. You could also try Python, but you have to know your way around OS X's UNIX backend.

Gramage · Post by **Gramage** » Tue May 24, 2005 4:19 pm

Oh man... I read the title of this thread and was all ready to whip out my Japanese textbook...

Blorx · Post by **Blorx** » Tue May 24, 2005 4:59 pm

@leDoOd: Learn Obj-C, it's EASY.
@Shadowfury: Python is a scripting language, not a programming language.
@Jeff and David: I DO NOT suggest learning Basic, it aspires to be English like Applescript. He should learn Obj-C.
@Whoever suggested Java: Java is NOT easy, believe me, I've tried. It's harder than C++. It aspires to be a foreign language. He should learn Obj-C, then C++, then Java or something like that. Also, I'm assumiong everyone here knows Aqua. Please tell me everyone with a Mac knows Aqua.