Hi, I though I would find out the CLUGs opinion of which is better C or C++. I am thinking of learning a "lower" level programming language. I know many "higher" level languages such as C#, VB and PHP and some others but am trying to decide which language I should learn next.
I know the concepts of both languages and have in the past started learning them both and I know the basic syntax and have done minimal MFC programming in Visual C++ (VERY minimal). I am fimilar with OOP programming... and that C++ is an OOP language while C is not, but... "Many people who don't program very well in C think of C as an arbitrary language out of many. This point should be made at once: C is the fundamental basis of all computing in the world today. UNIX, Microsoft Windows, office suites, web browsers and device drivers are all written in C. Ninety-nine percent of your time spent at a computer is probably spent using an application written in C. About 70% of all ``open source'' software is written in C, and the remaining 30% written in languages whose compilers or interpreters are written in C. [C++ is also quite popular. It is, however, not as fundamental to computing, although it is more suitable in many situations.] " - Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition Which should I learn as I will be doing Linux, not windows, programming? Thanks
