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Coming from a VB background, which should .NET language should I
learn....C++ or C Sharp. Is C++ going to be dead soon?

On 9 Aug 2003 02:47:23 -0700
(The LoxFather) wrote:
> Coming from a VB background, which should .NET language should I
> learn....C++ or C Sharp. Is C++ going to be dead soon?

Off Topic.
comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.

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c,k,0),x(c,k+=*s-c,s+1),*k)x(*s,k,s+1),0));else c=10;printf(&x(~0,0,k)[c-~-
c+"1"[~c<-c]],c);}main(){x(0,"^[kXc6]dn_eaoh$%c","-34*1'.+(,03#;+,)/'///*");}

The LoxFather wrote:

> Coming from a VB background, which should .NET language should I
> learn....C++ or C Sharp. Is C++ going to be dead soon?

Ha! Now I also found one, so:

This is an obvious troll. Please ignore it.

On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 12:59:47 +0200
Rolf Magnus <> wrote:
> The LoxFather wrote:
>
> > Coming from a VB background, which should .NET language should I
> > learn....C++ or C Sharp. Is C++ going to be dead soon?
>
> Ha! Now I also found one, so:
>
> This is an obvious troll. Please ignore it.
>

**** yeah, I didn't see the cross-posting. I never do! Thanks.

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char*x(c,k,s)char*k,*s;{if(!k)return*s-36?x(0,0,s+1):s;if(s)if(*s)c=10+(c?(x(
c,k,0),x(c,k+=*s-c,s+1),*k)x(*s,k,s+1),0));else c=10;printf(&x(~0,0,k)[c-~-
c+"1"[~c<-c]],c);}main(){x(0,"^[kXc6]dn_eaoh$%c","-34*1'.+(,03#;+,)/'///*");}

The LoxFather wrote:
>
> Coming from a VB background, which should .NET language should I
> learn....C++ or C Sharp. Is C++ going to be dead soon?

http://www.newtechusa.com/PPI/pressroom.asp#higher

"Humans and higher primates share approximately 97%
of their DNA in common.
Recent research in primate programming suggests computing
is a task that most higher primates can easily perform.
Visual Basic 6.0, was the preferred IDE for the majority
of experiment primate subjects.
Test subjects with the best results were baboons and bonobo apes.
Both primate species demonstrated stressful behaviors
when presented with Java tools and utilities.

--
pete

I think this comes from :

http://www.vb-bootcamp.com/PPI/main.asp

It is actually quite a good laugh

On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 07:38:20 -0400, pete <>
wrote:

>The LoxFather wrote:
>>
>> Coming from a VB background, which should .NET language should I
>> learn....C++ or C Sharp. Is C++ going to be dead soon?
>
>http://www.newtechusa.com/PPI/pressroom.asp#higher
>
>"Humans and higher primates share approximately 97%
> of their DNA in common.
> Recent research in primate programming suggests computing
> is a task that most higher primates can easily perform.
> Visual Basic 6.0, was the preferred IDE for the majority
> of experiment primate subjects.
> Test subjects with the best results were baboons and bonobo apes.
> Both primate species demonstrated stressful behaviors
> when presented with Java tools and utilities.
>
>--
>pete

"Malcolm" <> wrote:

> "The LoxFather" <> wrote in message
> >
> > Coming from a VB background, which should .NET language should I
> > learn....C++ or C Sharp. Is C++ going to be dead soon?
> >
> If you know VB and have some idea how a processor works at machine level, it
> shouldn't take more than a few days to learn C.

Total nonsense, unless by few days you meant few years. C is CPU
independent, and VB has as much in common with C as a cheeseburger and
coke has to a hot roast dinner with potatoes and red wine.

On 9 Aug 2003 07:31:12 -0700
(Brad Sperry) wrote:
> "Malcolm" <> wrote:
> Total nonsense, unless by few days you meant few years. C is CPU
> independent, and VB has as much in common with C as a cheeseburger and
> coke has to a hot roast dinner with potatoes and red wine.

Don't feed the troll

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char*x(c,k,s)char*k,*s;{if(!k)return*s-36?x(0,0,s+1):s;if(s)if(*s)c=10+(c?(x(
c,k,0),x(c,k+=*s-c,s+1),*k)x(*s,k,s+1),0));else c=10;printf(&x(~0,0,k)[c-~-
c+"1"[~c<-c]],c);}main(){x(0,"^[kXc6]dn_eaoh$%c","-34*1'.+(,03#;+,)/'///*");}

On 9 Aug 2003 07:31:12 -0700, (Brad Sperry) wrote:

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>
>Total nonsense, unless by few days you meant few years. C is CPU
>independent, and VB has as much in common with C as a cheeseburger and
>coke has to a hot roast dinner with potatoes and red wine.

ANSI 'C' might be hardware independant

- but most libraries are not

And the majority of C programmers can do squat without their libraries

.... of course Windows is a 'Library'

Stephen wrote:

> Learn C/C++. Even Microsoft is waning on the .NET foray. Notice it got
> dropped from the Windows 2003 Server name. The booklet that came with my
> VC++ 2002 called .NET a revolution in computing yet the booklet that came
> with my VC++ 2003 doesn't hardly mention it and only gives C++ examples.

That's because VC++ is about C++, not C#. Flip a few pages and have a
look in the 'C# Section'. That's like saying "I can't find anything
about kangaroos in a book about worms"

> Besides, if need be, you can .NET C++ anyway. C# seem neat, but it is an
> interpreted language, sort of an enhanced JavaScript, and will have
> questionable performance.

C# is *not* an interpreted language... it's a compiled language! What
did you think the term "JIT compilation" stood for? Really, where from
do you get your facts? Sesame Street?

C# gives you very good performance - you should know how to use the
language to do the things you want done. Secondly, the next version has
some very neat features, like Generics - that should give a boost to
overall performance. I've heard the next version of CLR has been tuned
for performance. Let's wait and see.

-Andre

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