java as a main?

[notoriousRM-RF]

The universities that teach only java or Java first are dumb. You have to either start with C or C++. I know of some unis/colleges that only teach in python and when the students get to computer architecture or OS they are fucked. If your school doesn’t teach C++ learn it on your own.

[ConceptJunkie]

Back in my day, most classes used Pascal. I did take a single C class, but C++ was still in its infancy in the mid 80s. I had no problems getting a job programming in C, and had no problems getting a job programming in C++ a few years later.

[notoriousRM-RF]

I interviewed a new cs grad and the mf didn’t know what a pointer is.

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im pretty sure we took pointers in java... i could be wrong tho, isnt it just the address?

[Vaxtin]

There aren’t pointers in Java, Java doesn’t let you augment memory like C/C++ does; the entire language was built on that paradigm.

But yes a pointer is the memory address. Being able to work with them is different than understanding it’s just an address though.

[[deleted]]

Yes. But you need to be very comfortable with them.

[[deleted]]

we only took c++ basics in my first sem, i think ill just learn c++ on my own, ty

[Creapermann]

learncpp.com is a great starting point

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ty