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I just started Computers and we will be learning C and C++

Whats the best program/s for both?
For now i only need C.

Maybe Notepad+ ?

you can get yourself a free copy of visual c++ or c# 2005 express for free from this site

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/default.aspx

id recommend c#

but it would prob make sense for you to use c++

They should tell you what compiler they expect you to use.

It'll be a difficult year for the teacher if each person is using a different compiler.

You can be taught the basics of programming but in order to really learn you need to make your own projects and understand how to manage one. They may provide Visual Studio but I suggest Dev C++ as a complier

Why are they teaching C, surly C++ would be a better way to start.

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Originally posted by absorbation
Why are they teaching C, surly C++ would be a better way to start.

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Both languages have exactly the same syntax. It doesn't matter which you start with. Think of C++ as C with extra features.

I like TurboC for basics and Microsoft Visual C++ (Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition is the latest one that i have) thereafter

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Originally posted by segosa
Both languages have exactly the same syntax. It doesn't matter which you start with. Think of C++ as C with extra features.

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Ya, my point exactly. Why teach C when you can teach a better language with more functions that is now used more today. It does have some changes, mainly to the basic structure of the code, but they say learning C++ is easier without knowing C. I found C++ a really easy language, mainly because it is so similar to PHP which is basically a web based version of C ++

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Originally posted by absorbation
but they say learning C++ is easier without knowing C

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Bollocks. Once you've learnt C, you're already halfway to learning C++.

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Originally posted by absorbation
Why teach C when you can teach a better language with more functions that is now used more today

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Originally posted by Wikipedia
The majority of the code (71%) was written in the C programming language, but many other languages were used, including C++, Lisp, assembly language, Perl, Fortran, Python and various shell scriptinglanguages. Slightly over half of all lines of code were licensed underthe GPL. The Linux kernel was 2.4 million lines of code, or 8% of thetotal.

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Linux article.

Also, Windows is written, in part, in C. There are plenty of C files in the leaked Win2000 code at least.