Should you Learn C++ in 2024?

Should you learn C++ in 2024?

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[Confianceiv]

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[DaliLlama]

In school, I was an electrical engineering major. One of my classes was intro to programming with C++. I had never programmed before and starting with C++, I HATED IT. That being said, I forced myself to push through and continue learning it to get a good grade in the class. By the end of the semester, I loved programming so much I switched majors to computer systems engineering. I wouldn’t recommend it as a first language, but for someone who really wants to learn programming, I think it’s an excellent language to eventually learn. The language teaches a lot of important skills/habits that’ll be useful, regardless of if you continue with it or not.

[IAmMeThatIsYou]

I like how chill you are you seem like a chill dude on the beach I live the vibe thanks for the information I'm learning python and thinking of learning a second!

[wranther]

Good Morning and Merry Christmas Eve Day Stefan! Enjoy all that Florida sun that you can. Snowing outside in these parts. -Bob...

[massivewon]

I believe both orders of learning are valid. Learning C++ has made learning many other languages easier, as you said. And you only have to learn the fundamentals of C++ to gain that benefit.

The reality of being a programmer is introducing yourself to as much as possible. If you learn better by seeing the application of code faster, I can understand learning another language first. But taking the time to learn even the basics of C++ pays off.

Ideally, learn both.

[claude.detchambila]

C++ is still big in the gaming industry. A very powerful gaming engine such as Unreal still highly relies on C++ to build complex games. C++ is also big in mobile development when performance is key.

[freaklore]

Excellent advice Stefan. One caveat about Python as the first language you choose, it has indentation and for some folks this might be awkward to change from to another language later.

[antoniomadrid]

Great content uncle Stef, I totally agree with you on everything you said, with a small caveat. As it is becoming increasingly difficult to increase hardware performance due to the physical limits of silicon, I believe that in the coming years, the way to increase performance will be to return to low-level algorithms until a new physical technology emerges.

BTW, Thanks for your 100+ years wisdom!

[stiintaeducatie]

C++ It was my first language and I'm not sorry I learned it, if I had to start over, I would still learn C++ the first time

[yesiamanerd]

I tried to learn C in 1987, but quickly gave up. It was not until I took a community college class in 1995 with Turbo Pascal that I started to really understand programming. Turbo Pascal was a much easier language to learn but had limited application in the real world. However, Turbo Pascal set the stage for me to learn C++, COBOL, Java, JavaScript, Python and the whole collection of scripting forms. It seems that Python is really a good place to start because the setup of Python is just so straightforward. Any just an opinion from another old nerd.

[antonjw]

i learned BBC Basic, then a little bit of assembler (it was arcane but i got it), then Pascal, then C, then… PL/1 😄

Since then, html & css, javascript, PHP, VBA, python… essentially it becomes whatever is needed for the job at hand and (somewhat surprisingly) there comes a time where you just don't worry about; you dive in, you setup & understand the environment, you grab libraries and packages, and you start writing scripts & programs.

My advice is to never worry about which language to learn, or whether you'll be able to pick up the one you need to learn; just make sure you have a good use case and that the language is a fit for it; then your learning is in step with your doing, and that's the key and important quality & characteristic.

[mavrick]

I've been doing my own research about wether I should learn c++ or continue improving my basic python knowledge, and this video pretty much sums up what I found in a beautiful and simple way.

[tomwest]

Great video! I'd say that C++ has much less competitors when taking into account it's scope of application, which is often times near to hardware (micro controllers, embedded systems). For those i/o and math driven applications I wouldn't consider PHP whilst for web applications I wouldn't consider C++ on the other hand. Use case matters.

[soulflame]

What's cool about C++ is that you understand better how computers work, IMO.

[theodmelmoney]

Uncle Stef says Yes. I am planning on coding CUDA applications looking forward to it.

[schmoab]

As an ancient nerd, it was my 2nd language. We did a little bit of Pascal then right into C++. Needless to say a lot of people dropped out of CS at that point. They went to Java the next year.

[wwpsrki]

I have a lot of interest in Audio VST development and I'm also starting to pave the way to gaming industry as well.
surely it ain't easy but in fact the challenge makes it more exciting.
wish me luck. :)

[bohemicus]

I first learned ZX Spectrum BASIC and assembler, then went straight to C++, and it turned out OK, I'd say. I learned from the "Learn C++ in 21 days" book, did not really encounter any problems, nothing I wouldn't understand.

[Delllatitude]

Starting to code in C and C++ has it's own perks, it gives you a new side of things but you have to have lot of patience. C was my first programming language and then C++, i never forget those days, infact its those days that led me into a creer in software

[tylnedriavalendorf]

The first programming language I learned in college was C++. I liked it, but I saw a lot of people who hated it, and lots of students dropped out for that reason. The first project I build with it was a fully functioning tetris game in the console. We went ahead and used it all the way to Data structures and algorithms. It was funny to see how the number of students in those courses was around 7-12