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No. Starting with C is the way to lock in bad habits and buggy coding. Writing fully modern C++ eliminates myriad sources of bugs and security holes.
by angiosperm 3y ago
No. Starting with C is the way to lock in bad habits and buggy coding. Writing fully modern C++ eliminates myriad sources of bugs and security holes.
- f1shy 3y agoAnd adds many other problems. No silver bullet.
- angiosperm 3y agoNew features pass a very strict gauntlet; they have to solve common, serious problems. Using the new features eliminates exactly those problems.
- uecker 3y agoOne can write very nice code in C and modern tools also eliminate a myriad sources of bugs. Modern C++ can be nice but adds a lot of complexity. I am much happier with C.