Re: G++ question

Maxx Excaliber wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:32:59 +0000, Mr K. Mean wrote:
>> If you are familiar with the concept of packages in Java, it is sort of 
>> a similar thing.  It is a way to be able to use a common function name 
>> across a large number of different contexts but being able to pick out 
>> and specify just the one you want to use in a specific case without 
>> having them collide.
>>
> I have a VERY vague understanding of "packages" in Java. I'm not (yet) a
> programmer... I'd like to learn to be one, so I can make myself more
> employable, but I'm not one yet. :-)

I've heard a lot of good things about Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java 
book, which is a free download.
http://www.codeguru.com/java/tij/

Apparently he has a C++ one too.  I imagine that one is pretty decent.
http://mindview.net/Books/DownloadSites

If you are feeling particularly inspired about C++, you can't really go 
wrong if you go right to the source.  Everybody should go through Bjarne 
Stroustrup's The C++ Programming Language at some point in their life.

If you really want to be more employable in Java, download Eclipse and 
figure out how the tools work.  I used to be a command line and text 
file editor person, but the deployment and all the supporting code has 
just gotten too complicated, so being comfortable with a good tool is 
pretty important anymore.