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funny thing.... He did mix up the two courses.... He will be teaching C++ in Sfwr 2S03... new thoughts/opinions?
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06-03-2010 at 11:32 PM
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LOL, wow... now that makes a lot more sense 
C++ is a good choice. It's pretty much all you'll be using when you graduate. I wish we'd done C++... now I have to make time to learn it myself :(.
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06-03-2010 at 11:45 PM
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is learning C++ better than learning C and OCaml together?
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06-03-2010 at 11:46 PM
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although i know that C++ is better than C
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06-03-2010 at 11:50 PM
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C++ is just an extension of C (makes C object oriented), so by learning C++, you technically also learn C.
OCaml wasn't particularly useful to learn, but it was interesting. I don't think you're missing too much by not learning it.
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06-03-2010 at 11:52 PM
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so then C++ is same as Objective C?
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06-04-2010 at 12:00 AM
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C++ and Objective-C were both separate attempts by different parties at making C object-oriented. So no, they're not the same. C++ is much more widely used and I think is supposed to also be a bit easier to understand. I've heard claims though that Objective-C produces faster code... but I dunno.
The only one who really uses Objective-C a lot is Apple for some reason. It's the only language you can program an iPhone in.
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Objective-C is actually more descendant from a dead language called Smalltalk than C. It's definitely no faster than C++ (in fact, probably slower).
I enjoyed learning C and OCaml (although, the year before us used Haskell, another language I've been meaning to try). It was a perfect balance. C taught us to be careful programmers, and OCaml introduced us to a whole new paradigm (functional). Unlike most, I actually liked OCaml.
But my favourite language is hands-down Python. So flexible and easy to work with. I've heard rumours that they're switching to it in first year eng. instead of C#. Did I mention that the documentation and tutorials are great? (The web app I made, Calc My Marks, is completely in Python)
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Ya, python is really nice. I really like how flexible lists are.
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Ya, python is really nice. I really like how flexible lists are.
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Finally, something we agree on! 
I can't wait until it gets faster (Google's working on Unladen Swallow, and PyPy is shaping up to be awesome).
Plus, NumPy is awesome. Basically a free Matlab-like tool that you can use as a library with a good general language.
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the prof also said that we will be dealing with interface design and data structures...
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Good to see you'll be doing something besides millions of linked lists :p.
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haha LL arnt bad
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Oh, I know they aren't bad. It's just that all our assignments seemed to focus on implementing linked lists.. which gets boring after a while.
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Oh, I know they aren't bad. It's just that all our assignments seemed to focus on implementing linked lists.. which gets boring after a while.
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Hmm I see. For us our 2nd midterm and 2nd assignment was all SLL and DLL
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