Re: Another Newbie Question: C or C++

2003-11-11 Thread abowhill
I need to buy a book on C or C++ to help me in FreeBSD. Which would be better to buy? I first thought a book on C would be best, because the OS is written in C. But, now I'm not sure because I read that gcc can compile C++ too (so, I'm assuming C++ must get used too). I can recommend Who's

Re: Another Newbie Question: C or C++

2003-11-11 Thread abowhill
A decent school will start you with C as an introduction to programming then teach you basic C++ (you write your own abstract data types). On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 8:17pm alexander v p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if i've got the msg, it seems u're sugesting to go to software uni and finish that

Re: Newbie: The C / C++ Issue

2003-11-13 Thread abowhill
Am I missing something here? When does C have OO capability? Structs don't count. What about inheritance and polymorphism? That's in the implementation AND application. Just because you CAN access part of a lowly struct, doesn't mean you have to. It's object oriented if you OBSERVE the