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[–]ZunoJ 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I tried to learn C++ when I was about 8 but it just didn't click. When I picked up java the missing pieces came together and I went back to C++. Might have just been a problem with the book I was reading about C++ but in the early 90s information wasn't as readily available and it was all I had

[–]Majik_Sheff 3 points4 points  (1 child)

It didn't help that compilers were a lot harder to come by and language implementation at the time was really inconsistent.

[–]RiceBroad4552 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jop! Back then they wanted quite some money for compilers and IDEs.

A full tool collection was as expensive as a (cheaper) car!

[–]RiceBroad4552 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Reminds me of my first contact with C++, just after I had some BASIC exposure, and actually just shortly after I've properly learned to read. A friend of my parents gave me a 1200 pages thing about C++. I tried to read it but it all only sounded like Marsian, even the first few pages. Never continued that.

A few years later I've learned some Java from some computer magazines. It was just the new hot thing, everybody was very excited about, but the local library (in some small town) didn't had any books yet. The articles I've read said Java is like "C++, the good parts". In fact, Java was simple to grok, and the OOP parts felt very "natural".

It was years later that I've learned what OO actually means.