Ask HN: Should I learn C?

Re:Ask HN: Should I learn C? by gte910h on Saturday July 17, 2010 @12:35PM (#1524086)

C yes, C++ no.

Make sure you're using a C compiler, not a C++ compiler

Here is why not C++: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1463592 and why not java

Edit: Was there something wrong with my comment? Or were you downvoting merely because you disagree?

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Re:Ask HN: Should I learn C? by evilthinker on Saturday July 17, 2010 @06:12PM (#1524762)

Those are not reason on not to use C++, but reason on why some people shouldn't be using C++ in the first place. Yes you can do it in python unless you want speed, if I am to interface my python code with C or C++ why can't I write them in C++ in the first place? Also if I were to interface any scripting language code with C I would probably go with Lua.

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Re:Ask HN: Should I learn C? by gte910h on Saturday July 17, 2010 @10:29PM (#1525105)

I'd say "It doesn't work well in most shops" is a damn good reason to not use something.

In general, very little of the program needs to be written in C to get great performance gains.

Additionally, python is vastly different from LUA. Lua is still a scripting language, ruby and python have moved past that.

For someone at age 18 or so, I'd say C is a much much better level of complexity to be tackling that C++

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