Learning C++ (was Re: [PyKDE] Line numbers in TextEdit box?)

[Michael Lauer]

> I think the best place to start for C++ is C. You can pick up any good 
> book on C and you will probably have all the fundamental concepts in a 
> few hours. Pointers might take some more time, but once you get them 
> you are good to go.

Ugh! Please don't advice people wanting to learn C++ to start with C.
C++ as a multi-paradigm language is fundamentally different from C - it
just includes it because of compatibility issues and in the past, the
C->C++ way caused a lot of people to get used to ugly habits and writing
C-style-programs in C++ just because it seems to work.

Of all students I ever had to teach C++, the majority of the ones with
C-knowledge turned out to write much worse C++ programs than the ones
without C-knowledge.

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