Re: Does C++ "dumb-down" programmers?
On 1 Dec., 11:21, Rui Maciel <rui.mac...@gmail.com> wrote:
dragan wrote:
<snip/>
Again, I don't know what they teach in a C++ programming course,
but USAGE is HARDLY the problem
The C++ programming language is vast and it takes a lot of time and practice to
wrap any novice's head around it. As a natural consequence, it isn't possible to
touch every aspect of the core language, let alone the STL, in a regular, one
semester course.
I do not believee that to be true. If you are a programmer, what
corresponds to a one semester course is more than enough time to
become familiar with C++. If you know C (which is my own background),
you can be productive in C++ in about a week and you will become
selfsupporting in less than one month.
[snip]
And of course, don't forget autodidacts. You always miss a thing or two when you
are self-taught.
Why? There are many of us here who never learnt C++ in the University.
Remember that C++ is a rather new language with an ISO standard as
recent as 1998. My guess is that many universities did not start
teaching C++ before around that time.
/Peter