Mauricio Giovagnini escribi=F3:
> It think its a Yes and No.  It always depends on the kind of
apps you develop. C++ seems to be there for a quite long
time, even microcontrollers will have serious compilers for
such object oriented features (although I think its not a
good idea for 8-bit ones). <

[snip]

> C has been around for how much time... almost 40 years? Then
I don't think is a bad idea on learning it if you are going
to use it often. <

I read in a book somewhere (Tanenbaum?) that programming sort of goes in =

circles. Programming knowledge doesn't become obsolete as the hardware =

improves. It gets "recycled". Knowledge that was developed based on =

experience with the first tube/transistor based computers later found =

application in mini-, then micro-computers, and are today still useful for =

embedded programming where storage, RAM, and processor cycles are at a =

premium.

C, being the "high-level assembly", is therefore relatively safe from =

becoming obsolete.

In addition, if you learn a particular language that later becomes obsolete=
, =

you can transfer the skills to another language. Implementation details =

change, but concepts (objects, functions, polymorphism, etc) remain.

Vitaliy =


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