Re: Which one

["Tim Elder" <TIM@tekotago.ac.nz>]

I would have to agree. I'd like to add that Java is not just a language, it's a way of thinking. It forces you to use objects and an object oriented approach to problem solving before you even write any code.

Everything is modular and therefore much easier to use. I'm doing a Java class (course...) at the moment and we put a Server/Client application and it was a matter of creating two socket objects and making one send data from and IP address and port and the other reading that port. So easy.

Well, that's my thoughts on Java

Tim

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>>> Bob Pendleton <bobp@pendleton.com> 31/05/00 12:48:06 >>>
IMHO Java and C++ are not all that similar. Learning one can get in the
way of learning the other. Java is a complete system. That means that a
Java program uses the same libraries and runs the same on all systems it
runs on (at least in theory). Where C++ does not include all the
libraries to make it complete. A C++ program for windows will not run on
a Mac or under Linux or Unix and vice versa. I think that Java is a much
better language to learn first. It does more run time error checking and
doesn't require as much depth of knowledge to start writing code. I
think that Java is the way to go, but I could be complete wrong!

			Bob P.

Icehole777@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hey everyone,
>    I have been programming a little here and there for about a year now but I
> want to serious about it now.  I know some C and very little C++ and now I am
> starting to learn Java.  I was thinking of really concentrating on Java
> because I think it will be the big language in the future.  Should I do this
> or first start with C++ because it is so similar?  And does anyone know of
> any game programming tutorials for Java?  Thanks for your help!
> 
> Tommy
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