[HELP] Confused..C or C++?

[RisingACK]

I want to start programming for PSP, so I have started first learning C++ for PC. ( I am at the beginning). But, now that I am looking better, I see that all the tutorials for programming , are on C not on C++, Somebody told me that a C++ dev, think differently from a C dev, so, my question now is: Should I stop learning C++ and start learning C? And if not, where can I find c++ tutorials for PSP?

[wololo]

you can use C in C++.
People who can code in C++ can code in C, the opposite is not necessarily true.

However C is a good language to learn, because it allows you to make many mistakes (and one learns from their mistakes) and only has very basic data structures.

Also, it depends what you want to do going forward. If the PSP is the only platform you want to develop for, then C might be a good choice because you will find more code samples. If you're thinking of further development on other platforms, C++ is a more modern language, and by learning the concepts of Object Oriented programming, you'll have better chances with other OO languages such as Java, Objective C, C#, etc...

It also depends what you want to do. For simple tasks you don't necessarily need C++. I wouldn't use C++ on HBL because pure C feels a bit "closer" to the machine, which is what we need in this kind of project.

But for a "high level" project such as a game, I would recommend C++ over C

[haydeshell]

Were Could I Find Some Free C Programms :{P

[wololo]

You mean a compiler? The most famous is gcc, and it is free. For the PSP, use the pspsdk, which includes psp-gcc (free as well)

For windows, if you're looking for a "all in one" thing, Visual C++ Express is a free IDE which includes a C++ compiler.

[RisingACK]

Thank you for the good advices, Wololo. Now that I think better, yes, I will program also on PC, and on PSP, I am not oriented in making games, I just want to make some applications, like file manipulation stuff, or things that are using wlan and usb .The good news isthat I do not have to stop learning C++, but the bad news is that there are not C++ tuts for psp...Any help would be apreciated.

[m0skit0]

People who can code in C++ can code in C, the opposite is not necessarily true.

I disagree. Most OO programmers I know can only think about data and not about code. OOP is strongly data-related, and that's not always the best solution.

I am not oriented in making games, I just want to make some applications, like file manipulation stuff, or things that are using wlan and usb

Then I suggest learning C first. Anyway, it will do you good for C++, as C++ is an extension of C (as its name implies). I think starting with structured programming (C) instead of object-oriented programming (C++) will give you a better insight on how computer works, since OOP introduces more abstraction from how the computer actually manages the data. The coding "style", or the way you have to think about resolving problems are different on each language, since they have different approaches. For big software, like games or applications, C++ is recommended, because the solidity of object-oriented programming is a "must" with so much lines of code. For stuff like hardware access, low level processing, C is better, because you get rid of class wrapping which only makes it slower and memory consuming.

And as I said you can later incorporate C++ to your C knowledge, although you'll have to take a different focus when using C++ (some people just use C++ as structured language -using C++ features in C-like code-, which is just plain horrible). Being good at C will make you better at C++ (if you can know when to use each one or which programming approach to a given problem). C++ can do anything C can, but C doesn't have OOP features like C++.

[jon_17_]

what types of programming are used to PSP, in addition to C, C + +?

[NightStar3]

what types of programming are used to PSP, in addition to C, C + +?

you could try learning lua

[jon_17_]

but then there is only these three schedules for psp (LUA, C, C + +)?

[Organized_Chaos]

what types of programming are used to PSP, in addition to C, C + +?

Lua. There's also a Ruby interpreter. Not sure how good it is. It'd be hard to find support for ruby. I think you can use theD programming language. Not sure how much support there is with that or how much different it is from C/C++...


C/C++ is the most common.