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Who needs C++ anyway?

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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)

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  • 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.
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    January 26, 2005
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  • Anonymous
    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.
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    January 26, 2005
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