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Zeus Zugzwang
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09-08-2004 12:14
IS C++ a close decendant of the LSL launguage. Someone bought me a C++ for dummies book for christmas even though i use Autocad and dont program bless them. Is it worth reading this junk or not  |
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Strife Onizuka
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09-08-2004 12:18
LSL is just over a year old; C & C++ are over 20 years old. If you read the first couple chapters it will give you the basics of programing and general syntax (i'm guessing) and that's all that really applies to LSL. Some of the later chapters you might find interesting just to see what C++ has to offer (and some of the crazy things that LSL does).
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Zeus Zugzwang
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09-08-2004 12:30
Thanks, Ive read 4 chapters at work today. But it also said that LSL has java in it as well, Is it worth getting a intro to java book
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Moleculor Satyr
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09-08-2004 14:21
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Kurt Zidane
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09-08-2004 15:00
I don't think you would need a java book. SLS look allot like c++. In-fact allot of lounges look like C++. I guess if you do learn more then one languages, it might help you look at programing in abstract terms. But I really bought it be a help. But then again you might find java interesting. If you think it would peek your interest more then c++ then go for it. But you'll find allot of over lap in the books. Ether way if you learn a lounge, in a few months you could be writing your own windows applications.  |
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Tcoz Bach
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09-08-2004 18:10
What I think you are referring to is "C Type Languages".
In that vein, yes, LSL is a "C Type Language". But that is strictly format of syntax. The features of the C++, and Java, and C#, and etc. language are not present in LSL, i.e., there's no OOP, there's only one kind of array, etc. It is very much a "scripting language" vs. a programming language.
But if you know C++, or Java, or etc., then you will pick up LSL in a week.
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Zeus Zugzwang
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09-09-2004 08:26
thanks read a little bit more today at lunch, stuck on binary and Hexadecimal.... heh
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Strife Onizuka
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09-09-2004 14:12
skim binary & hex and don't come back to them unless you need them. I would also compair LSL to Java-Script because of it's event structure.
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Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river.
- Cyril Connolly
Without the political will to find common ground, the continual friction of tactic and counter tactic, only creates suspicion and hatred and vengeance, and perpetuates the cycle of violence.
- James Nachtwey
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