Learning C++ in Microsoft's Visual Studio environment is, in my opinion, a bad thing. A novice programmer can crank out software (the quality of which is usually poor) using MFC and the IDE's Class Wizard and not actually understand anything about the language. When faced with a task that requires actual understanding of inheritance, polymorphism, overloading, or anything the IDE can't generate a framework for, such a programmer will always get stuck (making more work for me).
It is better to at least learn C++ in an environment that requires one to actually learn how the language works to get anything done. This understanding will be useful even when asked to work with something like Microsoft's Visual Studio.
I once worked on the project were the technical lead required UNIX (or similar OS) C++ experience even though the bulk of the work was on Windows NT. His reasoning was that almost all people claiming C++ experience but only had Windows experience didn't know the language well enough for a complex project.
I haven't done the math, so this is just a guess, but I bet detonating the earth's entire inventory of nukes on the moon's suface won't change the moon's orbit in any significant way.
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Maybe with their big push to get rid of inheritnace taxes, they'll start getting more of the dead vote.
If they had girlfriends, they wouldn't indulge in such activities.
Learning C++ in Microsoft's Visual Studio environment is, in my opinion, a bad thing. A novice programmer can crank out software (the quality of which is usually poor) using MFC and the IDE's Class Wizard and not actually understand anything about the language. When faced with a task that requires actual understanding of inheritance, polymorphism, overloading, or anything the IDE can't generate a framework for, such a programmer will always get stuck (making more work for me).
It is better to at least learn C++ in an environment that requires one to actually learn how the language works to get anything done. This understanding will be useful even when asked to work with something like Microsoft's Visual Studio.
I once worked on the project were the technical lead required UNIX (or similar OS) C++ experience even though the bulk of the work was on Windows NT. His reasoning was that almost all people claiming C++ experience but only had Windows experience didn't know the language well enough for a complex project.
How do you know? Some cancers can take years to develop. Ten years from now it may shown that viewing Battlefield Earth is fatal!
Battlefield Earth would be just about the perfect movie to riff if there is ever to be another Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie.
I haven't done the math, so this is just a guess, but I bet detonating the earth's entire inventory of nukes on the moon's suface won't change the moon's orbit in any significant way.
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I guess it depends. Will it be directed by the Steven Spielberg who directed Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, and The Color Purple.
Or will it be directed by the Steven Spielberg who directed E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and the Jurassic Park movies.
It it is the first, A.I. might be a worthy tribute to Kubrick.
(yes I know there is only one Spielberg)