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Date:      11 Nov 2003 18:02:35 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Another Newbie Question: C or C++
Message-ID:  <448ymmcxv8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200311111403.13202.howells@kde.org>
References:  <200311102314.hAANEpc25533@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <000e01c3a7e1$a16bc2a0$6400a8c0@desktop> <200311111403.13202.howells@kde.org>

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Chris Howells <howells@kde.org> writes:

> On Monday 10 November 2003 23:23, Alex Kelly wrote:
> > So, it sounds like I should probably tackle C before C++.
> 
> Not really, there's need to learn C if you just want to learn C++. Any decent 
> C++ book will teach you all you need to know without learning C specifically 
> first.

They are different languages, and shouldn't be viewed as depending on
each other.  [There is a myth that C++ is a superset of C, but this is
not really the case.]



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