[SATLUG] Programming

[Geoff]

R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
> On Oct 13, 2006, at 10:13 PM, Travis Mosley wrote:
>
>> Would anyone be willing to teach me how to program in C++? I tried to 
>> use an online course and kept getting stuck. I would appreciate any 
>> help to learn some programming skills.
>
> For the record, C++ is one of the (quite possibly) worst languages to 
> learn programming in. Stroustrop did some great things with it (method 
> overloading, and classes was sorely missing from C, IMHO) but its 
> still not a user friendly language in the slightest.

8< *snippage* >8


I think he was looking for someone to possibly be -not quite so 
sun-shiney positive
</sarcasm>

A request for help is a personal thing.  I can't help, because I don't 
know C++, but I'd never discourage someone away from what they -want- to 
learn.

-- 
A: Yes.

> Q: Are you sure?

>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.

>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?