[sac-forum] Re: Paul's Programming (OT)

 
Thanks Jeff and Paul. I will go on the fence and say I could learn C++ it in
less than a year, provided I have the right learning environment and good
examples to aid me. But, since I have no astronomical application (at the
moment at least) I have no impetus to learn it for now. The intent of my
original question was to get other opinions since C (or C++) is talked about
at times in SAS-L, and it was a requirement in the phylogenetic research job
I had mentioned.
Stan
p.s., Yes, I recognize that this is slightly off topic, but I say 'slightly'
because there are programming applications in astronomy beyond visual
observing. 

Jeff Hopkins wrote:
What is your opinion of C? It has a reputation of being very fast and easy
tolearn, and I know of one case where it is being used in academic research
to write programs for phyogenetic studies because it is so fast.. Stan Paul
Dickson wrote: I originally thought about doing this for the club's
newsletter, but technical problems with it's production would be great (eg
examples use a lot of vertical, but little horizontal space) and the
articleswould only appear slowly. So I'm posting them here -Paul ----- This
is way off topic. C is out of date. C++ is the new fella. Actually there is
aD out now too. C++ is very powerful if you wish to invest in learning it
(plan on 1 - 2 years). For anyone interested in finding out more about C++
check the primer I have at
http://www.hposoft.com/Programming/C++%20Primer.html[1] C++ as with C can be
complied for different platforms. This protects your code and makes the
program run much faster. Personally I use FileMaker Pro as a cross-platform
Rapid Application Development System. I can put together a program and have
it up and running in a small fraction of the time it would take to do it in
C/C++. While FileMaker Pro is a database development program, it is
surprising how many applications are really databases (e.g., creation and
archiving of newsletter (data can be exported in .pdf format and/or served
onthe web), astro photographs, observations and any other data. Jeff 

--- Links ---
   1 http://www.hposoft.com/Programming/C++%20Primer.html

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