Re: Visual C++ vs Visual C#

From:

"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:10:01 -0500

Message-ID:

<64OdnVEbVOd0M8LYnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@comcast.com>

AsstInterests wrote:

Ok I just received my brand spanking new copy of Visual Studio 2005.
Now comes the tough part. Which language do I want to learn? I have
no preference of one over the other and am a total beginner at C in
any variation.

What I want to do with it: Initially I want to write a rather simple
game mainly for my own entertainment, perhaps later others might want
to play it. Initially I have no need for Internet or database or
server connectivity but I want to start with a language that will let
me do basic stuff now and expand later as needed.

So which should I start with? Which will allow me the ability to
learn more advanced stuff if I decide to such as web based
activities, server connections, etc.?

All of it is relatively easy in any language VS has. However, that
is assuming you already know the language. The problem with C or
C++ is that to get a fairly sufficient amount of knowledge to do
all those things you have to spend much more time and get over more
significant hurdles than with C#. If you never intend to go beyond
Windows (or whatever MS decides to call their OS after those), there
is no need to use C or C++.

V
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