On Jan 17, 2017, at 11:40, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On 01/17/2017 10:21 AM, Alan Hightower via vcf-midatlantic wrote: On second thought, you could just learn C++. That way when you meet Bjarne in the spring, you'll have a better appreciation why he should have just designed a new language from the start rather than undertaking a 30+ year long masochistic retrofit of a completely dissimilar language!
ROFL!! Yes!!
But seriously Evan, don't...I've seen C++ ruin many people to the very idea of programming. At least a couple such people are on this list.
I think C++ is a fine language (I differ with Dave on this, I recall). However, it's a terrible FIRST language. C is better, especially if you already know a less arcane language like BASIC or Python. - Dave