At 04:21 2007-04-22, you wrote: >I am a relatively old programmer, but have been away from coding for >a while (15 - 20 >years). I used to work in Pascal and Basic (and know the basics of >Fortran and RPG-IV). I >began learning C three years ago, but have been told that C++ is the >future of that language >(that and it is required for a Computer Engineering Dgree, which I >am working on)... I have >been learning C++ on a PC with Visual Studio 6
throw away Vistual Studio 6....it's NOT C++, it's something only vaguely similar and it was released shortly before the standard for C++ became official >... Not bad as an IDE goes, but since I own a >Mac, and most of my friends own Macs... I have been wondering about >XCode, and what it is >like compared to Vis Studio 6? > >Can anyone enlighten me on where a god place to begin would be. I >have been looking for an >O'Reilly book on XCode, but have not found one yet. I have found two >on Carbon adn Cocoa, >but none specifically for XCode. I am guessing that I will need to >look at a publisher other >than O'Reilly to find a book specifically for XCode.. If you're concerned about learning a _language_ you should get books about the _language_ not the dev system you're using. http://rudbek.com/books.html gives a list of books which is rather complete about the language, and how to use it. >Aince my school cirriculum describes classes that I will be taking >in languages like LISP, >Smalltalk, and others that I have never heard of (That suposedly >XCode supports), I was >wondering if someone could enlighten me... > >I have also heard of a compiler/IDE called Eclipse that is good for >C/C++, what is up with it? > >Matthew Bailey > > > >To unsubscribe, send a blank message to ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com The five most dangerous words in the English language: "There oughta be a law"
