Thank you, Soronel. I've been very happy to hear from so many supportive blind coders like yourself. Have a happy holiday.
--Bill----- Original Message ----- From: "Soronel Haetir" <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:18 AM Subject: Re: C++ Instruction for Blinks
On 12/18/09, William L. Houts <cadexi@xxxxx> wrote:Hi Listers,I've become very interested in learning C++ programming and am investigatingthe possibility of logging time in an online school or even a localcommunity college. I was wondering if there are others here who learned Cprogramming and how doable it is as a blind person. My philosophy has always been that everything, or nearly everything, is doable as a blind person but I'd like to hear from programming veterans, if such there are. --BillI learned C/C++ long before going blind, I continue to program now. I would certainly expect it to be doable, it's just a matter of how much effort you are willing to put into it. As far as courses go my experience with formal programming education has been that you learn much more on your own. More theoretical courses such as a language agnostic data structures class would be far more valuable if you are serious. However I don't know how many texts are actually available to the blind, certainly my experience with bookshare is that c and c++ have been all but ignored. The first title I would look for is Accelerated C++ by Andrew Koenig and Barbara Moo. It is an excellent introduction to how C++ should be used, rather than a C text that happens to cover C++ ideas.--- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwAlternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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