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Thanks to all of you who gave me many great ideas on launching
my second career as a C++ developer. Here's a synopsis of the
suggestions I received:
- Regular Product (that is, something you pay for at a store
or by mailorder):
Borland Turbo C++ received the most votes. By getting the "regular"
version, as opposed to the "professional", I'll get something more
reasonably priced, and not so feature intensive as to be overwhelming.
Runner up - Microsoft Visual C++
Other people suggested buying a book that comes with a CD that
includes a compiler. Well, yea! I have bought "C++ in 21 Days"
by Jesse Liberty (Sams Publishing), but no CD came with it. I
had seen "C++ in 24 hours" (same author & publisher) in a bookstore,
and that one had a CD, but when I tried to save a buck and order
through Amazon, the nuance of no CD with the 21 day version wasn't
evident.
- Free solutions:
GNU from the Free Software Foundation
LINUX which comes with a C++ compiler
Someone else suggested taking out a book from the local library
that has a CD. I tried this route, but the Iowa City Library just
has C books - no C++.
- Other good suggestions:
Join the comp.lang.c++ newsgroup
Skip C++ and learn JAVA, Visual Basic, become a lifeguard, etc. Well,
yea, thanks. Actually, I have enrolled in a JAVA course too. From
my reading of the want ads, there are more professional opportunities
for someone with C++ and JAVA experience, than there is demand for
Visual Basic expertise. I suspect that VB is so simple that hiring
companies can readily find people (and pay them dirt). C++ is
sufficiently obtuse (someone advised me to budget a year to learn it
thoroughly - probably true), that jobs are more likely to pay enough
to support my trading habit.
Thanks Again!
Jay Mackro
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