I decided to learn c instead of c++. Was this a mistake?

>>937435162 (OP)
they're the same thing, c++ is just newer. a lot of the same principles carry over to both c# and c++ but you will need to learn the nuances between them.

>>937435186
no coder

No. C++ is a mutant abomination of C.

if you want to get a job you need to know python and php, basically.

>>937435186
they are absolutely not the same thing
>>937435162 (OP)
learn modern C++, at least C++11 or 17 first

>>937435162 (OP)
No

>>937435162 (OP)
No, it was the right decision. C++ is lunacy.
>>937435186
>they're the same thing, c++ is just newer
someone who has no clue

>>937435186
C++ is C if it were smeared in shit and slower.

>>937435162 (OP)
C, is great to learn for fundamentals, honestly unless there is a specific job you want, there is really no point in learning C++, it's on it's way out in favor of safer languages like zig or rust.

>>937435372
my uncle is a java developer

agree?

>when you get bored of baiting fa/g/gots so you post the same language flame war shit on /b/

>>937435162 (OP)
what do you mean? c is the best language there is.

>>937435162 (OP)
No. Learning C++ is not particularly hard if you know C, since there is significant overlap (C++ is not a strict superset of C, but it is close enough). What you're missing are the abstractions, which are better understood once you know what C code they are meant to replace and why.

A good C++ programmer should also be able to write pure C if need be, and should know some of the nuances of what parts of C are invalid C++.

>>937435162 (OP)
>I decided to learn c instead of c++. Was this a mistake?

Yes it is. Worse, it undermined democracy. What is wrong with you? You bad person, you.

>>937435973
Why the fuck would you complain about any posts on this board, when very literally over 90% of it, at any given time, is just political dogwhistles made by bots, or literal coomer porn threads.

The fact that somebody made a post on this godforsaken shitstain deadend board, for anything that isn't those two things, should be fucking celebrated.

Fuck yourself.

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>>937435209
>they're not the same
>b-because I said so, ok?
>no, I can't explain why

>>937435162 (OP)
C++ is technically a superset of C, so in a way you're already learning C++. If you changed the file extensions of your source files to .cpp instead of .c and compiled with a C++ compiler instead of a C compiler it'd be pretty much 100% compatible.n4kyx

>>937435186
Programming, Motherfucker!
https://programming-motherfucker.com/

Not everything requires an object based languages. If you know what you’re doing you CAN use both for the same thing but it’s more work creating virtual instances of things in C.

Ideally you would be able to pare down the program to the bare essentials and add features in a way that didn’t require objects.

Do people write device drivers in C++ maybe but why???

>>937435162 (OP)
>Was this a mistake?
no. It doesn't matter. You can learn them in either order. C is easier to learn, generally, since it is a smaller language.

>>937435162 (OP)
Nah, C++ is a confused mess of random OOP shit. C is a much cleaner language.

kinda, C won't teach you the modern way of coding which is using Objects and Classes. But it will teach you about pointers and memory management so that's a good thing.

>>937435162 (OP)
>Was this a mistake?
only if you want to be hired by a tech company

>>937440589
Objects and classes are the 90's/2000's way of doing things. Now it's all about functional programming.

>>937440915
*that develops as teams

>>937440941
> t. not a programmer just some guy that watches youtube videos about programming.

>>937441033
I've been coding since 2003. Try again.

physicist, not a developer
maybe 6 months to a year ago the developers in my company were all hot about Rust as the next big thing.
Never hear about it now. Just another flash in the pan?

>>937435186
Son...

>>937435211
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>>937440000

I concur with this.
Start with C it will give a good grasp of the fundamentals such as variables, data types, functions, pointers, structs, memory management, which will carry over if you still want to explore C++. C++ has become a bloated convoluted mess.

>fuck auto
>fuck templates

>>937435162 (OP)
Unironically a book called "the joy of C", plus learning x86 assembly at the time put me in a good place.

>>937441832
C has auto sir

>>937442469
I know what I said

>>937442469
it's not the same thing in c and c++, saar. go back to watching indian youtube videos about coding to learn more.

>>937435162 (OP)
just add c-- and you have c again

>>937441832
oh don't misinterpret, C is one of the worst languages for large projects. Absolutely heinous. Most of the people who like C are shitty programmers or pretentious neckbeards. But it is also fine to learn and useful to understand.

>>937447187
>for large projects
because it lacks what? OOP?
you can do OOP, without the lunacy of inheritance, in C. it just requires you to implement a pattern that the language doesn't already give you.

>>937435162 (OP)
Learning C is a weekend project. The language is dead simple, with all of the drawbacks and benefits of this fact.

>>937447187
> C is one of the worst languages for large projects
you're an actual idiot. one obvious example of a large project that is getting along fine: the linux has over 40 million lines of code, the vast majority of which is written in c. go back to your advanced python hacking, dumbass.

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>>937435973
>yes I'm being a faggot here because I wasn't getting enough attention posting these threads on /g/, but it's better than the porn bots I made before!!!
absolute cancer
>>937438523
Only non-autistic answer

>>937438523
> C++ is technically a superset of C
wrong