Re: LEARNING C AND C++

[alice!bs@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bjarne Stroustrup)]

michael.hagerty@nitelog.com (Michael Hagerty @ Nitelog BBS - Monterey, CA - 408
-655-1096) writes

 > On 27 May 1993, Mjl-b@minster.york.ac.uk posted to All:
 > 
 > MJL-B. For my next job, I'll be working in C and possibly C++ (no flames,
 >      . please). Can anyone recommend some good books on both for someone who
 has
 >      . a Pascal and Ada background?
 > 
 > From Pascal to C, an Introduction to the C Programming Language, Douglas L.
 > Brown, Wadsworth Publishing, 1985, ISBN 0-534-04602-9.
 > 

A brief comment - I don't think anything else would be appropriate on comp.lang
.ada:

C and C++ are different languages. Learning C isn't learning C++; it is not eve
n a
prerequisite for learning C++. I am of the opinion - based on some experience -
 that
for Pascal and Ada programmers C++ is easier to learn than C, especially if the
Pascal or Ada programmer initially focus on a sub-set of C++ that corresponds t
o
his or her previous langugage. The difference between C and C++ in this context
 is
that C++ has much stronger type checking and (in the case ofthe Ada programmer)
provides direct support for data abstraction. This minimizes the culture shock.