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Old 11-01-2007, 02:04 PM
poincaraux poincaraux is offline
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Default Re: ***SSNL LIFE THREAD NOV***

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In other news, does anybody wanna give me some help in C++? I'm just becoming increasingly lost and stressed in this class. I've never programmed before this year and the professor moves rather fast.

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Classes are not useful for learning to program. You do it by banging your head against it until it makes sense. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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IMO classes are great for concepts but you only ever get good if you practice coding.

A bit like poker really. You need some key concepts to make you proceed in the right direction but you can't learn it from a book.

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Textbook examples won't help most people. The best way to learn is to pick a project that you'd like to do and start doing it. Then, the class is just there to help you do a better job writing the stuff you want to write.