noob class that I am taking

[AL_DA_GREAT]

This year I unfortunatly have to learn VB.net. I hate it, I want to work in c++. Anyways I want to be able to work at home so I need an editor and compiler that is free. It should be as similar to visual studio 2005 as possible.

 

[GVBN]

Visual Studio supports C++

 

[Jamesds]

Visual Studio also supports VB.NET. The free Express Versions are great.

Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition 2005

 

[Asher]

This year I unfortunatly have to learn VB.net. I hate it, I want to work in c++. Anyways I want to be able to work at home so I need an editor and compiler that is free. It should be as similar to visual studio 2005 as possible.

The Express Editions do anything you'll need them for, and are 100% free and legal.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/aa974184.aspx

 

[homeyg]

Just use Dev-C++ dude.

Google it.

All that Visual Studio crap is useless when you are trying to learn the language.

 

[Jamesds]

Just use Dev-C++ dude.

Google it.

All that Visual Studio crap is useless when you are trying to learn the language.

Wait, I thought he said he needed to learn VB.NET? Dev C++ won't be any help there...he want's a solution for both languages - Visual Studio Express Editions 2005 are the perfect solution in this case, they support the new language he wants to learn (VB.NET) and the language he is familiar with (C++). Plus, I think he already uses Visual Studio...

 

[Asher]

Plus Dev-C++ is rather useless in the real world.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

I know c++ and I use dev for it but it is a vb.net class.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

I know c++ and I use dev for it but it is a vb.net class.

I can't think of one, but I despised C++, I could very easily have lived without it. VB 2005 is what I'm learning now, and it is quite a bit easier than I remembered C++ to be, or perhaps I just like object-oriented programming.

Never thought I'd ever say I liked programming of any kind, but VB isn't all that bad (even though I'm in the entry level course for it at the tech college).

 

[3 EMS]

This year I unfortunatly have to learn VB.net. I hate it, I want to work in c++. Anyways I want to be able to work at home so I need an editor and compiler that is free. It should be as similar to visual studio 2005 as possible.

My book came with a compiler. Same for C++ and even COBOL. They were on the CDs that came with the book inside the back cover.

 

[Asher]

I can't think of one, but I despised C++, I could very easily have lived without it. VB 2005 is what I'm learning now, and it is quite a bit easier than I remembered C++ to be, or perhaps I just like object-oriented programming.

C++ is more object oriented than VB.NET is (which is more object oriented than VB6 was).

 

[Perfection]

C/C++ is a useful language because a crap ton of other computer languages are a lot like it.

 

[Chairman Meow]

Fortran 77 is the best computer language, and the one you should learn.

 

[Souron]

Now's as good a time as any to pitch Haskell :

For software developers who need to produce highly reliable software at minimum cost, Haskell is a pure functional programming language that reduces line count by 75% through reusable higher order functions and detects latent defects with its powerful static type system. Unlike Ada and Java, Haskell allows reusable functions to be combined without the overhead of class definitions and inheritance, and its type system prevents the hidden side effects that cause many bugs in programs written in conventional languages. --Paul Johnson(some Haskell guy)