quote:Original post by Lowell Manners
I started with QBasic, then C, then C++. I believe that progressing the way I did gave me a foundation I wouldn''t have if I had just gone straight to c++.

That''s not necessarily true. The concepts of programming remain the same. The main difference between learning C++ first and learning C first (learning both properly!) is the mental approach to problem solving. Note that I said many - not all - well-versed C programmers (by which I mean programmers who have immersed themselves in the language) never use C++ to its full potential, largely because the similarity in syntax causes them to "think in C." C++ programmers, OTOH, are capable of using C to its max because C++ is a superset of C (they''ll be confined by the language).

If you''re learning now, learn C++. You can always pick up C later.

PLEASE! Not the C/C++ discussion!