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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!crl14.crl.com!not-for-mail From: gherlein@crl.com (Greg Herlein) Newsgroups: misc.jobs.offered,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c-cat,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,alt.syntax.tactical,comp.lang.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Beginner looking for advice. Followup-To: misc.jobs.offered,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c-cat,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,alt.syntax.tactical,comp.lang.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Date: 29 Aug 1995 14:47:37 -0700 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4201tp$doc@crl14.crl.com> References: <40b4i2$egf@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> <brockmanDDLJDL.2IJ@netcom.com> <41alha$b1g@cisunix1.dfci.harvard.edu> <DDowtJ.KL6@research.att.com> <41fqd0$jp0@espresso.internet-cafe.com> <41m918$jkf@nova.umuc.edu> <macgremd-290895162327@ck5121gm45b.open. NNTP-Posting-Host: crl14.crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au misc.jobs.offered:202555 comp.lang.c:111830 comp.lang.c++:122623 comp.object:31326 comp.lang.eiffel:9128 alt.syntax.tactical:942 comp.lang.misc:17223 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:156 ac.uk> <41vgj7$k78@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>: Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest] Distribution: Michael Herried (theaxiom@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : I'm about as new as you can getin programming. I have just started : my C for Dummies book. I hope to excel far beyond that, but this is it : so far. I was told to learn C then C++ as they are supposedly the : money makers. Is this true? If not, what do I really want to learn : then. I will be taking a vocational course on programming soon, but : they dont focus much on C at all. Any hints or suggestions? Thanks in : advance. What kind of programming would you like to do? Application programming is likely to be a very big employer well into the future - C and C++ will do you well there. Systems programming uses C to a very very large degree... though there may be a shift to C++. If you get skilled in C/C++ you will be employable, especially if you try to learn other software engineering topics. I think the best way to learn C is to get a computer and a compiler, a book, some ideas about what you want the computer to do, and start hacking. Read some books like "Code Complete", "Programming on Purpose" and such, and practice. Good luck! -- gherlein@crl.com