Go with C++, easiest jump to every language. The reverse is not true for any other language. On 12/17/10, Patrick Kobly <patrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 12/17/2010 5:14 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Toxico Nimbus <ToxN@xxxxxxx >> <mailto:ToxN@xxxxxxx>> wrote: >> >> - Don't use something you couldn't create yourself >> Toxico Nimbus >> >> >> >> How you imagine could a beginner create something which he is trying >> to learn? Could you do that by the time you started learning? >> > I suspect Toxico is speaking about a particular challenge that has come > up with educators teaching particularly OO languages as first > languages. Specifically, because of the strong encapsulation and data > hiding techniques present in these languages, a wide ecosystem of > reusable class libraries has surrounded them - to the point where > programming in these languages is often seen as an integration effort - > trying to integrate a series of class libraries. As a result, a certain > segment of the programming community has lost understanding of huge > swaths of the practice - particularly foundational algorithms - such as > searching and sorting algs - because learning programmers just use > rather than implement. > > When you are reusing code (like a sorting or search algorithm, or a hash > tree class in Java), think about whether you understand (at least in > basic terms) how that code is likely implemented. If you were given the > task of implementing a hash table (because java.util.HashMap was > unavailable to you), would you be able to? Would you know where to > start? Would you be able to describe the performance characteristics of > a search, insert or delete using this structure? These are important > questions that you should learn to answer... > > PK > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
