C,C++,C#

by **Cat soup** on Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:19 pm ([msg=25137]see C,C++,C#[/msg])

I am a little bit confused, it seems to me that there are a lot of different programming languages that start with C.
I have been reading through the different various and assorted threads about the differences between C and C++ but something is still unclear to me. What is C#, is it the same as C and C++, who created these languages and why do they all start with C?

by **xcurious** on Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:04 pm ([msg=25218]see Re: C,C++,C#[/msg])

what is C#

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)

is it the same as C and C++

No, it just starts with the same letter, but it has similar syntax compared to C and C++

who created these languages

Check the wiki articles for each language.

why do they all start with C?

Dunno.

by **mischief** on Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:55 pm ([msg=25223]see Re: C,C++,C#[/msg])

C# is a language created by microsoft that works with the .net framework.

C was created by Dennis Ritchie in 1972.

C++ was created by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1979 initially as "C with objects".

if you want to start learning one, i'd say start with C, move onto C++, and never touch C#. :p

by **BhaaL** on Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:58 am ([msg=25239]see Re: C,C++,C#[/msg])

Still picky about C# just because its related to Microsoft, heh?

I'd recommend the other way round, if you don't know any other languages.
C# is well-defined and unambigeous, and with Mono its not even bound to Windows-Platforms either.
Once you got the hang of it, you might want to continue with C to get into stuff closer to the System: how does memory management work, what are pointers, and learn the problems/caveats of platform-dependent stuff (endianness, API, other stuff).
C++ is, well, C with objects. Most C++ Coders wont admit that its C, and call C (and especially the macros) bad. You'll notice that they are related to each other since theres more than one way to do things, and sometimes you ask yourself "is that supposed to look like that?". Its a decent language, but not the easiest to learn.

Mischief: Make yourself useful, and post those links of the C++ Primer and the Anti-C++ Primer for once

by **mischief** on Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:10 am ([msg=25243]see Re: C,C++,C#[/msg])

BhaaL: http://www.google.com/search?q=why+C%23+sucks

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/
http://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/Recommended_Books
http://www.fredosaurus.com/notes-cpp/index.html
http://www.cppreference.com/wiki/start
http://www.cprogramming.com/begin.html

and http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/sv_home.php has some good videos.

by **BhaaL** on Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:40 pm ([msg=25282]see Re: C,C++,C#[/msg])

mischief wrote:BhaaL: http://www.google.com/search?q=why+C%23+sucks

*yawn*
The first result is labeled as "poor troll"

The second result is a deperate attempt on trying to implement a factory class that creates his stuff (by failing to use interfaces and the likes).
The third result is...erm...no idea, he rants about the setup not working on his PC, and then says how great ReSharper is.

Hey, did you know? Also works with C++

(and that gets roughly 50k more results).

Anyways, lets drop that crap, he wants to learn something instead.

by **r-ID** on Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:05 am ([msg=25347]see Re: C,C++,C#[/msg])

C and other similar programming languages (C++, C#, ObjC) have similar syntax.

C - good performance, you can write linux kernel modules, hard to code.
C++ - still good performance, brings objects. You can use C in the code aswell.
C# - programming language with very powerfull framework, easy to code, you can use C,C++ in the code.
ObjC - something between C# and C++. You can use C,C++ in the code aswell.

by **tgoe** on Sun Jun 14, 2009 11:05 pm ([msg=25366]see Re: C,C++,C#[/msg])

Well, I'd say Objective-C is more C+objects than C++ is... because I think C++ is a hilarious amalgamation of everything

why do they all start with C?

C is old, successful and popular. It's all about mindshare and compatibility with existing software.

by **r-ID** on Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:08 am ([msg=25380]see Re: C,C++,C#[/msg])

why do they all start with C

because C is just basics.

by **tgoe** on Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:00 am ([msg=25854]see Re: C,C++,C#[/msg])

That's a circular reference at best

It's easy to call C 'basic' after newer languages copy it and add cruft