Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!boulder!ccncsu!handel.CS.ColoState.Edu!mcjilton From: mcjilton@handel.CS.ColoState.Edu (charles mar mcjilton) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: C, C++ recommendations needed Keywords: C C++ Message-ID: <8573@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> Date: 27 Aug 90 11:28:35 GMT References: <26D8B777.3747@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> Sender: news@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU Reply-To: mcjilton@handel.UUCP (charles mar mcjilton) Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Lines: 12 In article <26D8B777.3747@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> popeye@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Richard Buck) writes: >The subject line really says it all. I am an engineering student with >a moderate amount of computer experience, and would like to do some >hacking in C, C++ but am unsure of the direction to go. I've got the Turbo C++ compiler. I'd recommend it to you. Remember, C++ is a superset of ANSI C. Turbo compiles everything with a ".C" extension into ANSI/K&R/some others C, and everything with a ".CPP" extension into C++. With the discounts on Turbo C++ right now, it's a really good deal. Sean