Re: Java or C++?

s0suk3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> I've been programming Python for a couple of years now. Now I'm
> looking to move on to either C++ or Java, but I'm not sure which.
>
> Which one do you think will be a better transition for a Python
> programmer? Which one will educate me the best?

Well, what is it you want to program?

You want to program 2D games?  Java may be the way to go.
You want to program 3D games?  C++ may be the way to go.
You want to write device drivers?  C++

C++ is a more generall all around language that will allow you do do 
anything, but with a cost.  The cost of a much longer and steeper learning

curve.  Java will get you writing applications faster, but for some things

you just won't be able to do it in Java or will have to find a library 
written in some other language (such as C++) that interfaces into Java.


-- 
Jim Langston
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