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On Fri, 5 May 2000 rscudder@annance.com wrote:
> I think that anyone who approaches learning Java with an "I know C++ so I
> already know most of Java" attitude is headed for trouble. BTW Mike,
> Please
> don't think I am pointing this statement at you. I know nothing of your
> approach toward learning Java (or anything else about you for that matter).
> I mean it as a general statement based on things I have read or heard
> people
> say.
Don't worry about it. Just to clarify, though. Knowledge of C and C++
helps when they make comparisons (like how for loops are just like in
C/C++) and such. I have to agree with you about the pitfall. The
language *is* sufficiently different that if you do things like "well, I
already know how to define classes in C++, so I don't really need to read
that chapter in the book".
> So far I have only done one very small part of a project in Java, so I
> don't
> know it very well. I'm hoping to get into it more later on down the road.
It's a decent language. My main gripes lie with its API being in such a
state of flux and the system overhead required.
Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON 2000
mryan@netaxs.com | Convention of Otaku Generation
http://www.netaxs.com/~mryan/ | http://www.otakon.com/
No, I don't hear voices in my head;
I'm the one that tells the voices in your head what to say.
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