On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 02:52:47PM -0400, Kristoffer Walker wrote: > Anyone have any recommendations for resources to begin learning C and C++ ? > > Just to give some background, I am very comfortable with scripting > languages like Python, JavaScript, PHP etc, and have a little Java > experience too.
I'd say that, by far, it's easiest if you have a (relatively simple) project in mind, first. Then, one of the better resources for C++ (and to some extent, C) is Bjarne Stroustroups "The C++ Programming Language" book. Definitely pick up a copy of that. You'll find that Javascript is the closest to C of those languages (though PHP isn't HORRIBLY far off). For the most part, if you're comfortable in JS, you'll need to get used to the C API and memory allocation, otherwise you're fairly well along already. C++ is kind of a beast as soon as you get past the basic stuff, but stroustrups book isn't bad. You'll, again, have to get used to doing memory allocation and the general IO API. -m -- Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[email protected]> GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 "A baby seal walks into a club..."
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