Thread: What i need to know to start developing apps for N900?
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2010-01-29 , 09:41
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Originally Posted by DanielW View Post
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Well, that is only my opinion, as you see others have a different look at things. I am programing in C++ for a living and see quite a lot of computer science students with Java experince and so on, struggle on C++ when working here part time. Someone without previous programing experience, without Linux experience will have very hard time learning alls this in his free time.
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Do you not think it sad that the Computer Science students have had their course dumbed down so far that they only have experience in a scripted language though? I think this is far more a comment on the poor quality of teaching than the tech.

Please remember that C and C++ are distinct languages. Basic C programmes can be achieved easily without explicit malloc and free and also there is no need to worry about OOP either. A lot of us that use OOP and OOD for a living forget that this can be a weird concept for new comers where as a series of steps in basic procedural languages are simple.