Only C & C++ can change my life

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i spent some time in college doing BBA in Computer and management System. I dropped out. Now i regret. i hate my current job with all my heart and soul. Fortunately i had done C and a bit of C++ i failed dismally with an F. I passed Discreet mathematics (the lecturer was an American Doctor) Now i have realized i wasn't in IT class by mistake. I m meant to be a computer programmer. My mathematics is fine. i cant do hello world.

i need help

i need to tackle C and C++ AGAIN. i m a big man now. i need help on how to do this. Study material- websites , textbooks and above all classes that i can attend specifically that teach C AND c++

Thanks in advance
 
If you cannot even get English syntax vaguely correct you'll never make programmer.

Great IT News - thanks.
 
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skyhawk said:
i spent some time in college doing BBA in Computer and management System. I dropped out. Now i regret. i hate my current job with all my heart and soul. Fortunately i had done C and a bit of C++ i failed dismally with an F. I passed Discreet mathematics (the lecturer was an American Doctor) Now i have realized i wasn't in IT class by mistake. I m meant to be a computer programmer. My mathematics is fine. i cant do hello world.

i need help

i need to tackle C and C++ AGAIN. i m a big man now. i need help on how to do this. Study material- websites , textbooks and above all classes that i can attend specifically that teach C AND c++

Thanks in advance
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http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

don't let pointers discourage you :)
 
Why do you want to study C and C++? What do you plan to do with them?

I would consider C# and Java if I were you.

If you really do need to learn C/C++, start writing a game in C++ using Ogre as the backend. It will give you a goal, which will help you direct your learning efforts. And even a fairly basic demo is a good way to demonstrate to a potential employer that you know the language.

Plus it will expose you to other lovely tasty things about C++ that you never get in other languages, such as linker errors. And static vs dynamic linking. Have fun! *evil laugh*
 
rwenzori said:
If you cannot even get English syntax vaguely correct you'll never make programmer.

Great IT News - thanks.
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I don't think that is true at all. Personally, my spoken language was never the best, and even today I am still average at best. Yet I can do computer programming languages just fine, including C/C++/Java/C# and all the scripting languages.
 
skyhawk said:
I passed Discreet mathematics (the lecturer was an American Doctor)
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Not to rain on your parade, but undergraduate discrete math was the easiest undergraduate math course for me. Did you take any other math courses? Calculus, Linear Algebra, Diff. Equations? Did you get the logic behind those? If you're good at math, why not try some MATLAB scripting first?
 
I dont think maths has got much to do with programming anyway. Only in cases where you need vector maths, or need to start thinking about set operations, or boolean algebra, not much of it is used.

Sure both are very logical subjects, I dont know, didnt feel that I gained that much by doing Maths 1.
 
Ancalagon said:
didnt feel that I gained that much by doing Maths 1.
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You wouldn't. ;)
First year math only prepares you for the proper stuff.

Someone once said it's easier for a mathematician to learn programming than for a programmer to learn math. The fact is that if he's good at maths, there's nothing wrong with his logic and he only has to get used to programming logic.
 
Probably true.

I'm okay with vector maths now, but quaternions still do my head in.
 
Hmmm I reckon a programmer should be able to understand structure. Yet this thread is completely in the wrong part of the forum.

Try C#. There's so many good tutorials out there. Plus you can get Visual C# Express for free. Your best bet is probably to buy a good book and work through the chapters and examples.
 
Solitude said:
Try C#. There's so many good tutorials out there. Plus you can get Visual C# Express for free. Your best bet is probably to buy a good book and work through the chapters and examples.
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I agree C# is better to start with.
 
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