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I would have gone with the C++11/14 syntax right away. C++03 is here to die out, and if you start with C++ there's no reason to learn the old syntax. e.g. auto

I would have gone with the C++11/14 syntax right away. C++03 is here to die out, and if you start with C++ there's no reason to learn the old syntax. e.g. auto keyword, {} initializers, foreach(), lambdas, etc.

dkersten 13y ago
Agreed. Anything less than C++11 is, IMHO, obsolete and should not be taught to beginners anymore. C++11 is also much more pleasant to work in.
- shin_lao 13y ago
  I would even drop the "C++11" reference and just keep refering to it as C++. Maybe just mention in the forewords that you need a C++11/14 compiler.
  - dkersten 13y ago
    I agree with this. I only mentioned "C++11" in my comment so that its clear what I'm referring to.
berkut 13y ago
Unless you want to work in VFX for things like physics, cloth / fluid simulation, rendering, etc, where most big studios doing the exciting stuff are running Linux and thanks to Maya and Houdini being built in g++ 4.1, all plugins (and therefore most of the rest of the C++ software stack) have to be built in the same version to match ABI compatibility.