Ok. The first c++ I ever got was deital and deital. Almost 10 years later and I still find it a fun read. I still see things in it I missed every other time. (perhaps I'm slow ).
Their coverage of c# is huge. I mean 1300 pages is just too much. I'd have loved to see something more concise. That said I still bought the book. Seemed to me that if their c++ was great then their c# could be just as good.
I miss local statics. But apart from that it's ok
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My only issue is the lack of local static variables. If I'm searching a database for a record I like to check if I already have that record in scope.
Ie. Find(int id){static int lastID = 0; if(id == lastID)....
I've heard that the reason for this omission is because of threading and it's impact. Blaaa, if you're doing threading you should know better.
Other then that. There's nothing wrong with the lang.
Garbage collection isn't the devil I once thought it to be. Not if you look closely. The interpreted part of the lang will always bother me but on the whole for desk programming it's as good a lang as many and better them most.
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amen!.
I'm a c++ asked to learn c# for an up coming project. Sometimes having a paper book is easier then reading a pdf, so I searched for a book. There doesn't seem to be anything out there for people making that leap.
I picked up a deital and deital, monster of a book. Figured if I had to get the whole picture it might as well be the complete thing. At least they didn't let me down on their coverage of c++
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Ok. The first c++ I ever got was deital and deital. Almost 10 years later and I still find it a fun read. I still see things in it I missed every other time. (perhaps I'm slow ). Their coverage of c# is huge. I mean 1300 pages is just too much. I'd have loved to see something more concise. That said I still bought the book. Seemed to me that if their c++ was great then their c# could be just as good.
My only issue is the lack of local static variables. If I'm searching a database for a record I like to check if I already have that record in scope. Ie. Find(int id){static int lastID = 0; if(id == lastID).... I've heard that the reason for this omission is because of threading and it's impact. Blaaa, if you're doing threading you should know better. Other then that. There's nothing wrong with the lang. Garbage collection isn't the devil I once thought it to be. Not if you look closely. The interpreted part of the lang will always bother me but on the whole for desk programming it's as good a lang as many and better them most.
amen!. I'm a c++ asked to learn c# for an up coming project. Sometimes having a paper book is easier then reading a pdf, so I searched for a book. There doesn't seem to be anything out there for people making that leap. I picked up a deital and deital, monster of a book. Figured if I had to get the whole picture it might as well be the complete thing. At least they didn't let me down on their coverage of c++