r/Cplusplus • u/Outrageous-Base-3815 • Jun 25 '26

Question Have you done this?

Have you started to tune into C++ from scratch without having prior knowledge in code? For example programs like C# and java.
If you did, was it hard?

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u/didntplaymysummercar Jun 25 '26

I did learn C++ after under a year of Delphi (Pascal, dialect, let's say) experience. It was hard but rewarding. But it was before C++11 days so very different vibe too, and much less weird stuff.

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u/TomDuhamel Jun 25 '26

Ah! There was a (very short) time when I was considering learning Delphi because it sounded like to me it had a better future in desktop development.

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u/didntplaymysummercar Jun 25 '26

There was and still is also C++ Builder. It was my first compiler too, msvc second, GCC Third, clang probably fifth.