Re: Online C++ resources?
Re: Online C++ resources?
- Subject: Re: Online C++ resources?
- From: "Todd Heberlein" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:11:27 -0700
- Organization: Net Squared, Inc.
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From: Erik M. Buck <email@hidden>
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Unlike Objective-C, it is nearly impossible to learn C++ from an
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online manual. C++ is easily the largest and most complex
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language with the most obscure idioms, ...
I really like C++, but I have to completely agree with Erik. Many years
ago C++ wasn't too bad, but then they added templates and put it through
a standardization process. C++ compilers are just now catching up to
the standard written down several years ago.
I would still encourage you to learn C++, but I would recommend sitting
down with a good book. My son used "Probelm Solving with C++. The
Object of Programming", second edition by Walter Savitch last year in
school, and I found it a good book.
Over the years NeXT (now Apple) caught a some heat for using ObjC
instead of C++, a language with a much wider support base. At least for
simplicity and user interface design I think ObjC is clearly superior.
The fact that over a decade later I don't think any system still comes
close to NEXTSTEP/Cocoa is very telling.
Sun was planning on using OpenStep with C++ bindings, but I don't think
they ever released it. At least I never received my copy.
FWIW to this group, the powers that be are starting to look at the next
generation of C++. You can catch some notes and audio of part of the
meeting at
http://technetcast.ddj.com/tnc_play_stream.html?stream_id=560
Todd