I just turned 14 and I'm learning C++ as my first language. I don't think it's overly hard, though pointers did take me a few weeks to get the hang of:/. My only gripe is that it's hard to make something that I'll actually use (and thus I sometimes lose interest), because I still don't know how to import/export/create files, and because I wanted to make a few simple games but after seeing some basic OpenGL code I know I'm not going to be doing that for a while (using the tutorials at NeHe I see that I need to write a few hundred lines of code just for a blank screen...).
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"You're just grabbing at straws trying to find things to bitch about regarding Microsoft. Red Hat drops support WAY sooner than Microsoft ever does (it's been 5 years for Windows 98 -- Redhat discontinued support for Redhat 7.3 at the end of last year and that's way newer than Windows 98.)"
There are a lot of posts regarding the fact that Linux companies don't support as long as Microsoft, but the thing is, if I want to upgrade to Redhat 9 I can just download an ISO or, worst case, buy the OS for $40. If, on the other hand, I want to upgrade to Windows XP, it's going to cost me over $150, plus a lot more in hardware upgrades.
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By any chance would you be willing to give away another invite to a total stranger? :)
I'd like one if you'd be willing to share.
First name: Michael
Last name: Lapadula
E-mail: venesectrix139@yahoo.com
Please invite me, you would be my god if I could finally upgrade from yahoo's crappy flash ads. My e-mail is venesectrix139(at)yahoo.com.
Crap, I forgot to include my name... how typical of me :p
Michael Lapadula, again my e-mail is venesectrix139(at)yahoo.com
Please invite me....
venesectrix139(at)yahoo.com
I just turned 14 and I'm learning C++ as my first language. I don't think it's overly hard, though pointers did take me a few weeks to get the hang of :/. My only gripe is that it's hard to make something that I'll actually use (and thus I sometimes lose interest), because I still don't know how to import/export/create files, and because I wanted to make a few simple games but after seeing some basic OpenGL code I know I'm not going to be doing that for a while (using the tutorials at NeHe I see that I need to write a few hundred lines of code just for a blank screen...).
"You're just grabbing at straws trying to find things to bitch about regarding Microsoft. Red Hat drops support WAY sooner than Microsoft ever does (it's been 5 years for Windows 98 -- Redhat discontinued support for Redhat 7.3 at the end of last year and that's way newer than Windows 98.)" There are a lot of posts regarding the fact that Linux companies don't support as long as Microsoft, but the thing is, if I want to upgrade to Redhat 9 I can just download an ISO or, worst case, buy the OS for $40. If, on the other hand, I want to upgrade to Windows XP, it's going to cost me over $150, plus a lot more in hardware upgrades.