c or c++

I have a few questions that I was hoping someone more familiar could clear up for me. I am interested in learning c/c++ but am a little confused. When people refer to c are they referring to objective-c because I have not seen any books that explicitly say c, or is c the same as c++? If c is not the same as c++ what is the difference? Also, would I be better off learning c or c++? I really want to get into good oop practices as I know php and work with classes and I know c# and work with classes but dont know full oop technologies. It seems to me that most development companies want people with strong oop and c/c++ skills.

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Originally Posted by ngreenwood6

I have a few questions that I was hoping someone more familiar could clear up for me. I am interested in learning c/c++ but am a little confused. When people refer to c are they referring to objective-c because I have not seen any books that explicitly say c, or is c the same as c++? If c is not the same as c++ what is the difference? Also, would I be better off learning c or c++? I really want to get into good oop practices as I know php and work with classes and I know c# and work with classes but dont know full oop technologies. It seems to me that most development companies want people with strong oop and c/c++ skills.

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Ok, well to clear up your first question; when people refer to c today its normally objective-c (also known as C++). For your question regarding the differences between c/C++, C++ is basically c with an object oriented approach bringing in the concept of classes and objects. In the end I would say C++ would be the better learned in today’s society since it is object oriented compared to c which is procedural. In the end C++ has everything c has and more and is really the best bet for doing anything and everything. from building robots to coding operating systems (some stuff done in assembly language though) or even just coding low level applications.

to give you my opinion on your question. STICK WITH C++ since c is being replaced by it. I have coded in many MANY languages, from assembly language for the x86 processor architecture to java to C++ and many others. I would say my number one choice for coding is C++ although assembly is my favorite language! Anyways I hope that helps your decision on which to choose since the benefits really lye within C++.

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Thanks for the reply. I had done some more research after I had posted this and came to the same conclusion that you had pretty much posted. That it is an object oriented language versus procedural. I really appreciate your help on this I think I will go ahead and learn c++ most of the basics I already know from other programming just need to learn the new stuff.

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Originally Posted by ngreenwood6

Thanks for the reply. I had done some more research after I had posted this and came to the same conclusion that you had pretty much posted. That it is an object oriented language versus procedural. I really appreciate your help on this I think I will go ahead and learn c++ most of the basics I already know from other programming just need to learn the new stuff.

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No problem! well you will see c++ is a fun language to learn and a very powerful one at that. So enjoy the time learning it and make sure you take it slow since a lot of concepts need to be fully understood espeacially while using pointers. Well hope all goes well! happy coding!

I think you have to ask this question to any proper computer classes. So you can get perfect answer.