About programing, a general question

[Joep L. Blom]

On 17/12/10 21:22, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> On 12/17/2010 03:11 PM, Boggess Rod wrote:
>>> OS. So as in future, I would be turning towards Linux, I guess C would
>> be
>>> good (based on the suggestions of the community members) though I
>> always
>>> understand that there are principle which are to be grasped at first
>> and
>>> these are same irrespective of the language adopted via interest.
>> Possibly,
>>> C++ would not be that easy to start with (without knowing C!!) as it is
>>> merely the 'More C', what guys comment. Perhaps, taking the first
>> priority
>>> as Linux, I hope I would not be having bad luck if I starting with C
>> and
>>> simultaneously look into the basics of Linux too.
>>
>> If you learn C with the intention of becoming a C++ programmer, I hope I
>> never have to program with you. Trying to teach someone the concepts of
>> Object Oriented Programming when they believe that the only difference
>> between C and C++ is that C++ is an extension of C is akin to being
>> stuck in a traffic jam in a flying car because it's just an extension of
>> a car. If you really want to know C++, then learn C++. If you already
>> know C, it will make the syntax easier, but you'll still have to learn
>> how to use the new syntax, and that will have to start with unlearning
>> EVERYTHING you learned in C -- the difference between a function-centric
>> program and a data-centric program is a vast gulf. Both will ferry you
>> to Hades, but one drops you off at Tartarus and the other delivers you
>> to the Elysian Fields.
>>
>> Seriously, it's much easier to learn C after you've learned C++. If you
>> know C++, the only thing you'll need to learn to program in C is how to
>> grit your teeth silently. C and C++ are my two favorite languages, and
>> I've been in this business a very long time, and I'm actually better at
>> C. It's really not about the syntax. Oh, and C is not nearly the oldest
>> daughter of Formula Translation (ForTran) -- Beginners All-purpose
>> Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) is. (I'm really showing my age here.)
>>
>
> Object oriented programming has nothing to do with the programming
> language you use! It's a concept. I did object oriented programming 12
> years ago on Mitsubishi PLC's. It's the concept and how you code it. C++
> helps with coding in a object oriented concept/way, but the language
> itself can not get you the object oriented view, only the concept.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
Thomas,
Wholeheartedly agreed. Object oriented programming is a setting of the 
mind and can be done in all programming languages that has the concept 
of pointers which is/was dearly missing in FORTRAN.
Joep