should i learn it first ?

[Grant Edwards]

In article <slrna8mogf.6ek.philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk>, phil hunt wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Mar 2002 22:57:42 -0500, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
>>
>>I agree with much of what you say, especially the "consider skipping
>>C++ and just learn C part", but _what_ pragmatic point of view is it
>>that has one learning Perl, Java, or C++ when one uses Python already?
>>Not dissing those languages, but when would you really need them?
> 
> I can think of several tasks for which C++ is better than Python, 
> e.g. writing operating systems, network stacks, windowing systems, 
> run-time interpreters, crypto algorithms, etc.

And I can think of several languages which are better than C++
for those tasks:  Modula-2, Modula-3, Ada, Bliss-32...

;)

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