Who needs C++ anyway?
Eric Gunnerson has an interesting blog entry comparing C# and C++. The Computer Science department at CSULB currently uses C++ for most of the programming courses. I think it would be interesting to switch to C# as the default language. Would you rather have C# as the main language or do you like C++ or Java better?
-James (California State Univ., Long Beach)
Comments
- Anonymous
January 26, 2005
good question.. :-)
will post a response there.. - Anonymous
January 26, 2005
As a freshman in Comp. Eng., and who prefers C#, I think C++ should still be taught over any other languages (C#, java, etc.). Mastering C++ on your own is rather difficult (compared to managed languages).
If you can code good in C++, it'll (generally) transfer to other languages, but the reverse is not true. - Anonymous
January 26, 2005
Depends on what is being taught. I cannot imagine how you'd teach a systems course (OS/Databases/Networking) using C#. At my unknown school in India, the use of a mixture of assembly, C, C++ and Java did the trick really well. - Anonymous
January 26, 2005
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January 26, 2005
As much as I love .NET, I think C++ is a strong educational tool. Pointers, allocating memory, all important concepts right over there. - Anonymous
January 26, 2005
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