Reggie Bautista wrote:
> I haven't done much coding in... I guess it's been at least ten years. I'm
> just getting back into it now, and have another question for you or anyone
> else. Assuming that I am going to learn both C++ and Java, which would you
> recommend learning first? I have previous experience with BASIC, FORTRAN,
> COBOL, and Pascal, but as I said, it's been a while. I've been toying a
> little lately with both Java and C++, trying to teach myself, but if I dive
> full bore gung ho into one first, then the other, what order would you
> recommend? I have no problems with object-oriented programming and have
> done some pseudo-code with a friend of mine who is just about to graduate
> from DeVry, so learning either will really just be about learning the syntax
> of the language, not about programming concepts in general.
Dan's answer to the question, when I asked him, was that C++ is more
powerful, but it's harder to shoot yourself in the foot with Java, so which
one you tackle first would depend on what you want to be doing with it.
That was as decisive as he was going to be on the subject. :)
Julia
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