should i learn it first ?

[phil hunt]

On 10 Mar 2002 10:15:06 -0800, Aahz Maruch <aahz at panix.com> wrote:
>In article <slrna8mogf.6ek.philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk>,
>phil hunt <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk> 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.
>
>But are there any tasks for which C++ (or C++/Python) is really better
>than C/Python?

Any task for whiich OO is useful, which means essentially all
programs >5000 lines (and most smaller ones), will benefit from C++
over C.

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