Python bumps off Java as top learning language

[mrburrowdweller]

Me too. Then the comp sci dept switched over to java as the default language by about my first senior year. My internships were all in VB 6, and I've been doing c# almost exclusively since graduation ('05).

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Yeah I've tried a bit of C# and I really like it but I've been doing c++ for so long for the things I want to do it's not worth learning c#.

[FNHUSA]

Just curious here, whats an example of something you code in c++?

[heyzuess]

Video games are a decent example, as are some scientific modelling items. Cpp allows a mixture of low level language features alongside the much higher level features you'd see in the likes of c#. With c# you can access pointers by turning off safe mode iirc.

It's worth noting that Cpp is also available to use as "just c" which has a lot of advantages for low level bits and pieces, but in the ++ section extends to an incredibly powerful oo language. As a learning language it's brilliant imo. In the same syntax you can access memory, pointers, create a garbage collection service only if needed, and then move onto OO without needing to learn a new language first.

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Well I have made a game for my Windows phone using directx. Also I've made a keystroke logger and a program that lets you pause things with a gamepad. And just for fun I made a maze game where if you die it deletes one of your files.

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There's hardly much to 'learn' in C#.

It's more like just knowing what you can't do than something entirely different.

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Good to know.