CppCon 2015: Kate Gregory “Stop Teaching C"

Name: CppCon 2015: Kate Gregory “Stop Teaching C"
Description: Kate Gregory argues at CppCon 2015 that C++ should be taught without starting from C: no char* strings, printf or raw arrays at first, with references before pointers.

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Kate Gregory argues at CppCon 2015 that C++ should be taught without starting from C: no char* strings, printf or raw arrays at first, with references before pointers.

HN people cite it constantly in C versus C++ debates as the case for teaching modern C++ idioms rather than C first.

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C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages
Education & learning

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