C, C++ or C#?

Uranus · Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2002 12:54 am Post subject: C, C++ or C#?

hey all, here's the deal, I have about a year of C experience, and I am gonna code some software for linux mainly, but I need it to work in Windows too... anyway, which programming language would you recommend (from the ones in the subject)... if I go with C, I cannot use wxWindows. I could go with C++ and wxWindows... yeah yeah I know about the GTK port for win32, it's not bad, but I also want to know what u guys think of C#? Maybe I should be wasting my time learning C# since it's the next inevitable language? Would you guys recommend it for GUI programming? does a compiled C# program need any weird libraries?

pilla · Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2002 4:03 am Post subject:

I think that OTW is a better forum. Moving to it.
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phong · Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2002 5:14 am Post subject:

C# is hideously entangled with MS IP issues and proprietaryness at the moment... C++ is going to be the most "available." Also, you may want to look at Objective C, which I haven't tried myself, but have heard good things about (apparently it's the best, most reasoned effort at making OO C).
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taskara · Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2002 10:41 am Post subject:

I'd go C++, especially if you intend on programming apps for linux.. that or java

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bos_mindwarp · Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2002 11:05 am Post subject:

As I understand you want to write portable applications with GUI.
You could try out Borland Kylix 3.0, it should work on both OS's and Borland makes some nice tools (their compilers were way ahead microsoft's). It is easy to start with, and building nice GUI's is best so far on windows. So C++ there.

C# is not an option, for linux anyway.

C is not really a problem, since C++ is superset of C (which means you can do almost anything "C-ish" in a C++ program. Almost.)

Do NOT use Java is my personal advice. Java is good for prototyping, bad for production code.

ebrostig · Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2002 7:03 pm Post subject:

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C++. It's all you need.
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Uranus · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 1:41 am Post subject:

Ok, I guess I'll start learning C++ then... since I have a bit of C experience I imagine it can't be that hard... do u guys have any references for me? online tutorials? (not books cause I live in Portugal and don't have a CC to buy online

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broschi · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 1:46 am Post subject:

I've never done C++ but according to this guy C and C++ are two completely different schools of thoughts and one should invest itself in either one or the other. In other words, C is to C++ what a cow is to C++. :wink:

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BigRedDot · n00b Joined: 29 Oct 2002 Posts: 67 Location: Austin

Yes. Well written, idiomatic C++ code looks nothing like well written, idiomatic C code. Knowing C very well will not make you a good C++ programmer, nor vice versa.
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dioxmat · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 8:00 pm Post subject:

for the gui, you might want to take a look at qt, which is cross platform too. some friends of mine told me qtdesigner rocks.

for the programming language... if you already know C, why would you want to switch ? learning a new language is easy, but making good programs with it is a different story...

Lovechild · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 8:02 pm Post subject:

C++.... it's a good language no matter what the kernel devs tell you.

bos_mindwarp · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 8:15 pm Post subject:

taskara · Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2002 10:50 pm Post subject:

java 2!
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S_aIN_t · Guru Joined: 11 May 2002 Posts: 488 Location: Ottawa

if you want to learn something new.. go ahead and learn c++... there is nothing wrong with that.. it will live on for a long time.

a good book on C++ is 'Accelerated C++'.. you can find it on Amazon.con easily enough. there are plenty of references on the net.

good luck

really · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2002 Posts: 430 Location: nowhere

i whould choose c++...
heres some links.

http://www.robertnz.net/cpp_site.html <-- some site.
http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/C++/index.html <-- tuts
http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-1/ovp.html <-- intro to c++
http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~pjbk/pathways/cpp1/cpp1.html <-- intro to c++ programming language I
http://maththinking.com/boat/computerbooks.html <-- good site, many links.
http://freebooks.by.ru/view/CppInteractiveCourse/ewtoc.html <-- C++ interactive course.
http://oes.mans.eun.eg/Books/0-672-31070-8/index.htm <-- Sams teach yourself C++ in 21days

and i have some ebooks around here somewhere...
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