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ANSI C++ vs. Visual C++


What should I learn first?  

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  1. 1. What should I learn first?

    • ANSI C++
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ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange

I think you meant ANSI c++ but i still think even then you're confused.

head to www.cplusplus.com and check out the tutorials.

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Um, what the hell is ASCII C++. Don't you mean ANSI C++? ASCII stands for "American Standard Code for Information Interchange". It's a standard code for representing letters, numbers and certains symbols by means of a number. ANSI is a standards institiute.

Anywho, my answer would be ANSI C++ because I don't think I'll be doing any windows programming and so it would be useless for me to go that route. Also, ANSI is cross platform. VC++ isn't.

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Regardless of what you learn, you still need to learn the core C++ syntax which both use (control loops, atomic variable types, etc etc). Console programs are the same on both from what I can tell... Just up to u if u want to learn with Intellisense/"Code Completion" (DevC++) and a good debugger, or if u want to rely on compiler errors and working out stuff on your own.

edit: if you're going to learn C++ in notepad, use TurboPad instead, it has C++ syntax highlighting for example (supports a whole bunch of other languages... i've made it my default txt/html editor... not that anyone cares)

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ANSI C++. It is portable, which Visual C++ s Windows only. You should use C++BuilderX (go to borland.com and register, its free and you can download lots of thier software for free too) or DevC++ (think it is bloodshed.net or someithing....). To learn, I recomend C++ Primer Plus. Amazon and Barnes and Nobles have it.

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Tough question... I think you should learn "basic" C++ (and maybe a little C) before getting into higher-level stuff like the Windows APIs.

But, it doesn't really matter whether you learn with a simple text-editor (I'd recommend Emacs) or Visual C++. Personally, I learned on an older Visual C++ version several years back. Some might say that learning on a system with IntelliSense might spoil you (since you won't have that if you write code anywhere else)... which is why I'd hesitate to give you any firm answer at all :)

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