Re: [Dev-C++] C#

[Rob <ro...@us...>]

C++ is definitely a strong choice for programming students. The two main 
reasons I've seen professors offer on its behalf are that it's a 
language that the students will actually find useful "in the real world" 
and that students who gain a solid foundation in C++ seem to be more 
capable of handling a wide variety of challenges later in their course 
of study.

Since we've been talking about .NET during this thread as well, I think 
it's interesting to point out that out of all the components of the new 
M$ Visual Studio .NET, C++ is the only language you can use within that 
system to compile programs that will run on computers that do not have 
.NET installed. This places a serious limitation on C#, VB, and all the 
other components. (I get the impression they didn't think many C++ 
developers would buy it with the .NET limitation.)

Rob Andrews
http://uselesspython.com

Flavio de Souza wrote:

> I'd like to give my little contribution to this discussion.
> 
> I think M$ again wants to monopolize the market by using some marketing.
> 
> They called their next revolution 'C#' just to grab as much programers 
> as possible. They want 'C++' programmers to think that the C# has 
> something to do with C itself. They want that people who program in C++, 
> VB, etc; now to program in only one M$ language.
> 
> As it was mentioned in this discussion most of the world software base 
> was built in C++. Even if we stop right now to program in C++, C++ 
> programmers would be needed to migrate C++ structure to any other 
> programming structure, I believe during more two decades !
> 
> I myself prefer java, since it came first.
> 
> Right now, I am learning C++ preferably and I am trying to use java for 
> some soft non critical programming.
> 
> Regards,
> 


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