[Edu-sig] C vs Java

[David Handy]

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, David Handy wrote:

> > > I've heard a lot about how C is deadand Java's open source
> > > compiler/libs lacking. Learning see C would begood for kernel hacking if
> > > i
> > > ever get into it, but I'm most likely goingto have to learn Java for my
> > > AP
> > > tests anyways.
> > >
> > > Thanks A Lot
> > >
> > > Conrad
> 
> C++ was designed for C programmers, and is heavily based on C. Java was 
> designed for C++ programmers, and is heavily based on C++. C is the mother 
> language of them all.
> 
> You can't go wrong by learning C first. 

Correction:

You can't go wrong by learning C, given that you already know Python!

>In fact, I haven't yet found a
> beginning Java book that didn't implicitly assume or explicitly state that
> you had to learn C/C++ first. When/if you finally have to learn Java for
> the AP tests, the time you spent learning C will benefit you.
> 
>