newbie question...

[hokky]

Hi guys,

I am about mid level in C, I want to learn about C++ and I'm pretty newb in C++, is there any way that I can start to learn ?

How similar between C and C++, and if I use window, what do I need to install and If I use linux what package do I need to install.

Thanks guys,

 

[Salem]

This is a pretty good list

http://www.rafb.net/efnet_cpp/books/

> How similar between C and C++
They've been drifting apart for 25 years. Whilst there is superficial similarity, there are some deep-rooted differences as well.

http://david.tribble.com/text/cdiffs.htm

Whilst C++ is a semantic superset of C, but the same certainly isn't true at a syntactic level. Some valid C programs will not compile at all as C++, and some others will just work differently.

Also the whole approach of C++ encourages you to adopt an object oriented approach. Whilst you can do 'OO' in C, and write imperative programs in C++, neither are regarded as a good choice (unless it's your only choice).

> if I use window, what do I need to install and If I use linux what package do I need to install.
If you've already installed 'C', chances are you've already got C++ capability as well.


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[hokky]

Hi Salem,

I haven't got anything in windows yet. So what do I need to install, I just got C in linux as part of package installation OS ?

Thanks mate

 

[Salem]

http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/cpp.shtml

Also gaining popularity, but not listed is

http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads.shtml

It's the apparent successor to dev-c++, both of which are IDE's around the MinGW compiler. If you do get devc++ or code::blocks, be sure you get the larger version which has the compiler as well (the smaller ones are the IDEs alone).

Visual Studio Express is another good choice.

Most Linux distributions come with GCC (a whole suite of languages), but not all of them install it by default.


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If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.