Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 15:13:02 -0400 From: Miles Lubin <miles@lubin.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beginning C++ in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040416151302.218d58fb.miles@lubin.us> In-Reply-To: <200404161720.37041.dgw@liwest.at> References: <200404151110.i3FBAaoo048373@adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net> <200404161720.37041.dgw@liwest.at>
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:20:36 +0000 Daniela <dgw@liwest.at> wrote: > On Thursday 15 April 2004 11:10, Lucas Holt wrote: > > Many universities teach C++ exclusiveley now. Java and C++ share some > > common ground on syntax and the fact that they both support Object oriented > > programming. Aside from that, there are many differences. C++ is native > > code and executes faster than java which uses a virtual machine. C++ code > > is compiled into C code by the compiler and then assembly. Java is > > converted into byte code for a virtual machine. > > What? C++ code is converted to C? Which compiler are you using, and why the > hell would a compiler do this? > > I would definitely recommend to start with assembly. It gives you a good > understanding of the hardware, and every programming language you learn > afterwards will be a piece of cake. Then get a good reference (some have > already been mentioned) and start coding a real program right away, skip that > boring "hello world" stuff. I learned seven programming languages in five > months with this method. > > Daniela I believe origionally that C++ compilers converted C++ to C. I'm not sure about starting with assembly, it could be overwhelming. I started with Basic, and I learned all the other languages fine. Miles
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