Show HN: A simple GUI Notepad using C++ natively made in my high school in 2015

Re:Show HN: A simple GUI Notepad using C++ natively made in ... by pjmlp on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:30AM (#23525146)

Yes, outdated, I used Turbo C++ when it came out fresh from Borland software factory, so I know what I am talking about regarding C++ support in Turbo C++. While C support was a mix of K&R and ANSI C, depending on the Turbo version.

All Turbo C++ versions for MS-DOS or the later Windows 3.x versions are older than ISO C++ and have semantics that eventually changed across versions.

Then there is the whole point of them being MS-DOS/Windows 3.x products that run in modern computers with various degrees of success.

There are open source clones of graphics.h and conio.h, and any good teacher could prepare the class material so that the students wouldn't have attrition.

And it isn't just talk, I spent one year doing TA activities so I know how much it costs to prepare such student materials.

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Re:Show HN: A simple GUI Notepad using C++ natively made in ... by Arnavion on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:04PM (#23529760)

Any talk of how compliant Turbo C++ is to modern C++ is missing the point of my post. I'll say again, the point of learning CS at that level of schooling is to learn programming, not learn C++ and instantly be hirable as a C++ developer.

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Re:Show HN: A simple GUI Notepad using C++ natively made in ... by pjmlp on Monday June 15, 2020 @05:09PM (#23533005)

I learned C++ at the 11 grade, back when Turbo C++ 1.0 was still quite recent on the market, and was giving classes to fellow classmates about OOP with Turbo Pascal 5.5, as payment for accessing school software packages and manuals, so I do know a couple of things what about matters at that age, and giving a good preparation for the work market.

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