Well Java was loosely based on C. It was written by C programmers. So
the learning curve shouldn't be too horribly bad. You'll have to get
used to doing your own memory management.

The wonderful thing about c/c++ is you can do just about anything with
it.
The terrible thing about c/c++ is you can do just about anything with
it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marvin GodfatherofSoul Bellamy [mailto:mbellamy@kc.rr.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:32 PM
> To: Kclug
> Subject: beginner C++
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> 
> I'm a Java programmer, but I figured I'd better learn C 
> considering the 
> market conditions.  I'm used to the rich centralized API that Java 
> provides.  My question is are there equivalents for C users?  I'm 
> thinking of classes (whatever C calls them) for making network 
> connections, GUIs, etc.).  Keep in mind that my knowledge of C is 
> limited to the basic comp 101 programs.
> 
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