Re: Does C++ "dumb-down" programmers?
On 2 Dec., 20:07, Rui Maciel <rui.mac...@gmail.com> wrote:
peter koch wrote:
I do not believee that to be true. If you are a programmer
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The C++ programming language, when it's adopted by a course, is usually taught to
1st or 2nd year students. Your typical 1st and 2nd year student is not a
programmer, let alone in courses other than CS/IT.
Moreover, languages tend to be included in university courses not for the sake of
teaching the language but to teach programming concepts. So, for example, if you
aim to teach object-oriented programming then, if you use C++ to achieve that,
details such as exception-handling and the STL are naturally left off.
I don't disagree with you here, but this is not what we are
discussing. We discuss how long time it takes to learn C++, not how
long time it takes to learn to program.
I believe my claim still stands: you can learn enough C++ to be
productive in less than one week, and you can be selfcontained in one
month.
/Peter