Please just take a class. Check if it is offered at your school and if not, take it at a community college or something. A class will at least offer you some sort of structure and incentive to keep learning it, and you will have people willing to answer your questions because they are paid to. We aren't getting shit, so if you ask a question here, we'll probably just make fun of you.
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Anonymous2006-09-04 4:22
>>6
Well, got a pretty prompt reply on the sin() and cos() things. But yeah, I agree, without structure, it's hard to learn something like programming.
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Anonymous2006-09-04 4:44
>>1
That's like saying, hello, I want to learn quantum physics. I know almost nothing about uniform movement physics.
Don't learn C++. It's an ugly headache of a language. Be a man, learn the real thing - C, then learn C++-- which is what most people use. After C, also consider modern, high-level, dynamic languages such as Python or Ruby.
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Anonymous2006-09-04 14:23
Hello, I would like to compete in the olympics. I know almost nothing of physical activity because I am a lazy piece of shit.
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Anonymous2006-09-04 17:03
Jesus christ why is everybody on this board a complete asshole.
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Anonymous2006-09-04 17:33
>>7
I'm >>6, and I'm also the one that answered your sin() and cos() question. Seriously, PLEASE JUST TAKE A CLASS.
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Anonymous2006-09-04 17:46
PROTIP: Writing the 'Hello world' program does not count for shit.
PROTIP: You will never write anything resembling a computer game learning on your own. Get over it.
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Anonymous2006-09-04 18:18
>>8 then learn C++-- which is what most people use
What world do you live in?
Ok, since you caught me in a nice day: Hey man, sorry if I was too rough. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings; I took it that you were up to it because you post at 4chan, and only assholes like myself are regulars here. Now please consider what we said; even though we did in an asshole way, most of us gave good advice.
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EleoChan!EhVtXXdTd62006-09-04 22:38
Just download some books. You can probably find a pack of programming books on any public bittorrent tracker. I can't recommend any, because people have different ways of learning stuff.
I wouldn't suggest you take a class unless you have 0 experience with programming.
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Anonymous2006-09-05 1:10
>>15 I wouldn't suggest you take a class unless you have 0 experience with programming.
Your logic is retarded. Educated professionals are better.
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EleoChan!EhVtXXdTd62006-09-05 4:12
The only thing a teacher is really good for is answering specific questions that a book either doesn't cover or doesn't explain well.
But there's a whole internet for asking programming questions and lots of people willing to help (unlike this rectum of a BBS). Often times I learn loads of stuff from experienced programmers on IRC just by asking chains of questions for sometimes hours at a time. I could never imagine asking or having answered that many questions in a classroom setting; the teacher would never devote that much time during class for as many questions as I ask.
If the OP is a newb he should start with a book. If he find a book inadequate he can always take a class.
But a pirated ebook is free. A college course is not. So why would you suggest he automatically drop money for something he might not even need to drop money on?
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Anonymous2006-09-05 17:16
The C++ Programming Language, by Bjarne Stroustrup. All you need to learn C++.
Reading The C Programming Language might be a good idea first if you're not very experienced with languages.
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Anonymous2006-09-06 2:43
First learn C, then C++. If you're smart, use K&R's book. If you aren't, use some light, feelgood, let's hello world C book, then move on to K&R. After knowing C inside out, you may consider C++, but you'll discover you don't want it.
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Anonymous2006-09-06 18:14
I don't use books or anything to learn a language. I just look over a tutorial first, then use the library references for a random program I feel like writing. I don't see why someone would need a whole book to learn a language -- are there like syntax idioms or something on the book? I've never seen a language book that just showed how the language works, only ones where they taught programming with the language being secondary.
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Anonymous2006-09-06 19:55
>>20
that's a good one! you're not serious, are you?
Will you please stop recommending these piece of shit toys already?
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Anonymous2006-09-15 18:06
Fucking start with VB, seriously why not. Otherwise you are going to get really bored really quickly with C++ when you find it annoying as shit to do anything. You will get to C++ eventually when you are actually ready for it.
Neophytes need constant feedback and a low threshold. C++ ain't it.
Not that VB is ideal either.
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Anonymous2006-09-16 3:08
I her delphi was good too
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Anonymous2006-09-16 19:34
Delphi or even Pascal are good to learn because they are simple enough, anal enough, yet orthodox and polite enough, and they are smaller. You don't want to start with a HUGE language and have to bother with buffered readers, class objects, pure functions, or whatever shit, all you need is a tool to help you get the way of programming into your head, then you can move on to do something useful.
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Anonymous2006-09-16 20:01
>>39
You can believe it as hard as you can, Pascal is still the shittiest language on this planet.