thinking in reading programming visual c++

[existsluawjb]

I am reading <<programming visual c++>>(fifth edition) these days.I fill that
it is a very good book by reading the first four chaptor of this book in about a week,and I guess I have to spend more than 6 manth to comprehend it
completely.So I confuse that if it is worth enouph to read it in such a long times,
otherwise,as far as I know,more and more software companies use visual c# in place of visual c++.
Could you tell me whether I need to read this book or not?

[Andreas Masur]

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[Brad Jones]

Visual C++ and C# are used in different ways. Whether you should read the book you have depends on what you are wanting to do/program.

Brad!

[ahoodin]

If you plan on working with embedded systems, perhaps it is best that you do read C++. C# is more of a Web Technology, although it can be used for a variety of other stuff, it is not used to do motion cotrol or guidance for the most part (especially on an embedded level). Additionally .Net is not a real time application, again which makes it no good for tight motion control.

HTH,

ahoodin

[Firewireguy]

Additionally .Net is not a real time application, again which makes it no good for tight motion control.

C++ isn't that great for RT applications either as it is dependent on the OS it runs on. ADA on the other hand is much better as the language explicitly specifies the RT behaviour of programs written in it, this is especially relevent when writing multithreading programs and where you need to ensure atomic instructions.


Even though a lot of companies are starting new developments in C# there are one heck of a lot of existing sopftware written in C++ and an awfully big mound of stuff that can't be written in C#. For any carear developer knowing C++ is a big benefit and knowing a few other languages well is required. C++ is an ok starting point, nothing wrong with it, then once you know it you can pick up C# and Java easy enough.