Re: Re[2]: [Dev-C++] [q] Does C++ promote bad programming?

[jose i. c. <ji...@fr...>]

From: "Ioannis Vranos" <iv...@at...> said,

> > IMHO for such course better is Java - it has all benefits of OOP but
> > whithout pointers and with garbage collector and tables boundary
> > checking - which (for beginners) is very important... IMHO learning
> > C++ (as a faster language) should be done AFTER Java course...
>
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> Java uses pointers although it is somewhat transparent to the user.
>
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> You are not forced to use pointers in C++. You use them if you want them.

Let's not forget the real reason why we use c/c++: speed. :-)  It's not for
its easy way of coding programs.  So, why wouldn't you use pointer if you're
using c/c++?

jose