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As C++ is a superset of C, I reckon you should start with C, as many concepts of C++ are translatable to C, which is what the first C++ compiler did.
I still use fprintf instead of cout because it feels more “proper”
I very strongly disagree. It's practically a superset for backwards compatibility reasons but modern C++ coding patterns are vastly different to C. Modern English is kind of a superset of Shakespearean English, but you don't need to know it for most daily tasks. C++ is much more elegant and safe when avoiding C patterns. C has its place and I use it sometimes, but the two should absolutely not get confused because of the name and compatibility.
I tried that 20 years ago and it was a massive waste of time. Spend a few days to understand pointers, then embrace modern C++ with the STL, it's safer and more productive.
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coutis dead, you can use print, println, and format now.That's what I tried to get started with, but I wanna make programs with qt6 and the qt creator doesn't support it so c++ it is
Props to you for learning C++, its a neat powerful language, although it has grown quite overcomplicated through the years.
Though if you want something a bit easier, you can also use Python for Qt development through the PySide6 library. It is one of the officially supported Qt languages alongside C++ and JS. I've personally used it for a few programs and it works wonderfully, it is one of my favorite ways to make GUIs for myself, it just works™
a lot of languages support qt6 though
but from what I understand from form posts is it's harder to make qt6 programs with c than c++, because I have to make warper in my qt6 program with c++ for that c code to work? Idk I'm just getting started
The problem with QT is that everything becomes a "QT app" when you start writing with QT. You'll end up using more of their types than the standard library, and getting a clean front-end / back-end separation is more difficult.
Anyways, C++ isn't just a superset of C; they're surprisingly different, and the best modern approaches are extremely so. That advice may have been true before 2014 and a bit until 2017, but it certainly isn't now.
Honestly C and C++ code are the same. You can use C++ function calls and objects when needed and have everything else pure C. Don’t think of them as two completely different languages, C++ is more of an “object oriented framework for c” than its own language. That is a gross oversimplification but you get what I mean.
That really hurts to read. Have you programmed with any spec newer than c++11? Best-practices have changed a lot. It isn't "c with classes" anymore. Yes, most of the ancient code will work; but there are better, more efficient, and more ergonomic alternatives now.
sure but you can also use like java or python
I don't like java or python
i thought you were learning? or is it just learning c++
This is not true. Both ISO C++ and ISO C have have features that are not available in the other language. Therefore, there is no subset or superset relationship.
I would tweak this recommendation. If you want to start with C, consider writing C-style code into .cc or .cpp files, and compile as C++. You will therefore be learning "C++ with functions only" as opposed to "C with classes."
At uni I was taught C++ first (all the basics, logic 101, control flow, pointers, etc). Then I was taught data structures with C the next period (linked lists, stacks, queues, a tiny bit of trees...). Then I found out I sucked at maths and switched to graphic design!
All in all OP is in for a hell of a ride - yeah you could just start with C but they could start with C++ too so just to get the feel of it.
True, it was just a recommendation because for me it made more sense this way around. Like objects are just structs with function pointers and some compiler magic to ensure private and publicness, polymorphism is just unions etc.