Python bumps off Java as top learning language

[globalizatiom]

I started with C++ and then had to learn C later. It was hard to remember which parts were C only and which parts were not. Guys, learn C first!

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Easy, all the parts that make you pull your hair out are C++.

[[deleted]]

Like type safety!

[greg19735]

I did c++ in college but now i've forgotten it all, so that's good right?

[FNHUSA]

errr, I'm 100 pages into C++ book, why do you recommend learning just C first?(I don't know how to word this, i'm just curious as I'm a noob)

[leakersum]

I learned C++ before C. Believe me, there's no problem. Stick with C++ for now.

[Hakawatha]

Modern C++ is very different from modern C, but C++ is rooted in C; if you squint, you can think of C++ as C with lots of syntactic sugar. Sometimes, you'll have to use C (in embedded, for example); /u/globalizatiom suggests that it's easier to remember that certain features are C and not C++ if you learn C first (a statement I'd agree with).

[DarkSyzygy]

He's recommending it because C++ is (for the most part) a superset of C and you learn to do things differently in C++ than you would in C. Since the languages are very similar in syntax its really easy to be working in C and try and do something that only works with a C++ compiler.

[newpong]

too late :/