What is better?

Should I learn C++ Or Visual Basic, What is better?

Depends on whether you want to be a happy man or a sad man.
vb = happy man
c++ = sad man

:p

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Originally Posted by ZueS

Should I learn C++ Or Visual Basic, What is better?

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What's good for me, may not be good for someone else.

Make a choice and stick to it. Then again, you could simply go out of your way and learn both. :check:

Or you could learn Objective-C and spend your hours on the Apple Developer forum... that's what Mendhak does all day, although damned if he won't admit it to save his soul from Steve Jobs.

Holla!

Be a happy man.

It beats the hell out of tracking down memory management issues and null pointers.

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Originally Posted by Jenner

Be a happy man.

It beats the hell out of tracking down memory management issues and null pointers.

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Yep. Exactly my point.

And what I hate most is the case sensitivity and unnecessary compiler shrieks for things like missing semi-colon terminators etc. Instead of concentrating on the program objective, you concentrate more on such things.

But then again these are purely my own feelings. C++ lovers may have some good arguments in favor of these things.

Easy - don't forget the semicolons. C# is like that too, but then the IDE helps you out a lot.

To be honest I always felt the frustrations with C++ are more to do with the lack of a decent ide than to do with the language itself's syntax. Can you imagine trying to write VB in notepad?

I also think that asking which language to learn kinda misses the point when you're a beginner. You should be concentrating on how to be a 'good programmer' rather than a 'C++ programmer' or a 'VB programmer'. Good programming practices and techniques transcend the language and, once you've gopt good practices down, switching between languages is reasonably simple.

Or you could blow them both off and learn java. There'll probably be a job at Apple trying to work out multitasking in the not too distant future :thumb:

I'm doing Java right now. I die a little bit inside with every keystroke.

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Originally Posted by KiwiDexter

Or you could blow them both off and learn java. There'll probably be a job at Apple trying to work out multitasking in the not too distant future :thumb:

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Hahaha.... nice. :)

Or writing a Flash plugin for mobile Safari. ;)

FunkyDexter's correct though. Programming is programming. Learn the methods and languages come naturally. Pick a language and use it to become a good programmer.