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1337_brad

Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:13 pm


Teacher needed..

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Hi, I would like to learn C++ and I have looked at a few tutorials but it would be nice to have a "tutor" of sorts.  I know a few other programming languages so I am not new to the idea of programming, and I learn quickly.  Well if anybody would help you can email me at bradvot@hotmail.com, or just post here =)


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wtd

Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:24 pm



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What other languages do you claim to know?  :)


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1337_brad

Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:54 pm


Well...

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I only know some noobish languages :P I know VB, Turing, and a  bit of JAVA


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wtd

Thu Jan 27, 2005 10:11 pm



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The first bit of advice I'll give you is to avoid Microsoft's Visual C++ 6 compiler and anything from Borland like the plague.  Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET C++ compiler and GCC are both fine alternatives, though I prefer GCC because I believe integrated development environments make things more complicated than necessary.


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Andy

Fri Jan 28, 2005 8:09 am



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is .net THAT much better than 6?


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rizzix

Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:06 pm



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i disagree.. borland is good.


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wtd

Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:31 pm



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is .net THAT much better than 6?

i disagree.. borland is good.

The C++ compiler shipped with Visual Studio .NET is vastly superior to that shipped with VC++ 6.  In version 6 they intended to create the "perfect compiler for Windows."  This meant it sucked for creating cross-platform code, b=mostly because of the terrible support for the Standard Template Library, and template programming in general.  Due to much complaining from developers, they improved standards compliance in VC++ 7 (the version shipped with VS.NET).

Borland gets no love for the same reason.  Standards compliance.  They're terrible at it.


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1337_brad

Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:26 am


Hmm..

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Well I know the basics, and I have a simple compiler to just learn for now, and I just want some basic tutorials on the code.


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wtd

Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:50 am



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First I would suggest browsing through the tutorials available here in the C/C++ tutorials forum.