14 Oct
2010
14 Oct
'10
4:50 p.m.
On Thu, 14 Oct 2010, Chris Cannam wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:10 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo
<mle+la(a)mega-nerd.com> wrote:
Yes, I was trying to keep it simple. But I think in 2 years
you can at least "hold your own." :-)
I've been using C++ for nearly 20 years
(including the last 8+
years professionally) and I am nowhere near mastering it. In
fact, when you add in commonly used things like STL and Boost,
I find the language is growing faster than I'm learning it.
Same here -- and it's not just that it grows, but that "common
practice" both varies amongst programmers and evolves over time. C++
is an awfully deep language. Also, I'm increasingly unconvinced that it's
wise for someone who
intends to end up writing idiomatic C++ to be too comfortable in C
first -- if you're going to learn C thoroughly, aim to come out the
Did you mean to say "not to be too comfortable" ? If so, I
totally agree. :-)
-gabriel