I'm a newbie in programming too but I found that C++ Primer by Stanley B.
Lippman, Sam's teachyourself C++ in 24 hours( J . Liberty) and Sam's
TeachYourself MFC in 24 hours by Liberty- seem to be very easy to
understand-especially for me whose native language is not English. The
second book also include a Borland C++ Lite compiler on CD. The MFC is for
pc/win32.

 RF
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From: "William Chops Westfield" <billw@CISCO.COM>
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Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: Best C programming book for a beginner...


>     > >What is the difference between C and C++?
>
>     C++ is basically an advanced version of C with object-oriented
>     capabilities.  C is pretty close to being a subset of C++
>
>     > >Could PICs be programmed in C++?
>
>     I know of no compilers for C++ on the PIC.
>
>
> IMNSHO, The practical differences between C++ and C tend to include things
> like C++ tending to use large runtime libraries and lots of dynamic memory
> allocation; things that tend to be detrimental to small embedded systems.
> We have constant arguments here on whether we should allow C++ code into
OUR
> imbedded systems, due to the possibilities of "code bloat" and "slow
> execution" (and this on "systems" with 64M+ of memory and workstation
class
> CPUs.)  That isn't to say that there's nothing useful in C++, or that it's
> not possible to write small efficient code in C++, but the general "style"
> of C++ programming doesn't seem very compatible with small
microcontrollers.
>
> BillW
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