[Kardy]

There's so much to choose. I want to go onto do Computer Science at uni after I finish my A2s next year. In uni it's most likely they'll specialise in java, so I don't see any point in learning that now.

But out of C, C++ and objective-C, which is the best to learn right now? (in my spare time).

[estel]

That depends on what you want to do with it. iOS / OSX programming? Choose Obj-C.

Otherwise do C++ over straight C, or C# if you're developing on Windows.

[The_Last_Melon]

Why not learn all of them?

[jordanosborn]

It doesn't really matter which one you choose right now as you'll want to just learn basic programming techniques to start with, which can then be applied to any language. I'd probably go for c++ but that's just me.

[Jamil1987]

i do C, C++ and Java.
If you haven't done any programming before I think C is the best place to start!

[Kardy]

Okay, I think I'll do a lot of c++ to start with then some objective c and then Java. Yeah I guess it wouldn't be too hard to learn them all as they do overlap a lot.

[beepbeeprichie]

C++ is much faster than Java.

[kka25]

(Original post by estel)
That depends on what you want to do with it. iOS / OSX programming? Choose Obj-C.

Otherwise do C++ over straight C, or C# if you're developing on Windows.

I'm curious; is Object C similar/closer to C# or C++?

(Original post by beepbeeprichie)
C++ is much faster than Java.

In terms of?

[beepbeeprichie]

(Original post by kka25)



In terms of?

Speed of execution.

[kka25]

(Original post by beepbeeprichie)
Speed of execution.

how so? I would say the consumption of memory that's making Java slow; in one source, Java consumed more memory than C and C++ combined.

[JGR]

(Original post by beepbeeprichie)
Speed of execution.

Not necessarily, various modern Java implementations can be compiled into the native instruction set, either in advance or on a JIT basis.

In general, how good the code is (algorithmically speaking), is more important in terms of execution speed.

[beepbeeprichie]

[QUOTE=JGR;38665808]Not necessarily, various modern Java implementations can be compiled into the native instruction set, either in advance or on a JIT basis.

[QUOTE]
In general, how good the code is (algorithmically speaking), is more important in terms of execution speed.</QUOTE]

I'm not disputing that but ceterus paribus c++ is faster than Java.

[Final Fantasy]

(Original post by Kardy)
There's so much to choose. I want to go onto do Computer Science at uni after I finish my A2s next year. In uni it's most likely they'll specialise in java, so I don't see any point in learning that now.

But out of C, C++ and objective-C, which is the best to learn right now? (in my spare time).

If I could go back, I would have started off with C/C++.

Therefore, that would be my advice to you. Even if your uni teaches Java, there's plenty of transferable skills from one language to another, and besides, being familiar with more than one language is always a bonus (perhaps to your final year project or future job prospects!).

[NightStrider]

Well, Java is written in C++ - that should tell you something

[kka25]

(Original post by NightStrider)
Well, Java is written in C++ - that should tell you something

Really? I thought it came from Oak?

[Psyk]

(Original post by kka25)
Really? I thought it came from Oak?

I think he means that the Java VM is written in C++. So ultimately when you run Java code, it's running on top of a platform developed in C++.

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_(programming_language) Oak was the predecessor to Java, not what the VM was written in.

[kka25]

(Original post by Psyk)
I think he means that the Java VM is written in C++. So ultimately when you run Java code, it's running on top of a platform developed in C++.

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_(programming_language) Oak was the predecessor to Java, not what the VM was written in.

Lol, ironically, from the wiki link:

The team originally considered using C++, but rejected the idea for several reasons

but at the end, the piece of code that runs the whole thing came from C++ ; D

[Outlaw1198]

based on my poll that i just did (http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/poll...s&pollid=34000) most people are suggesting c++

[Fried Sock]

Why don't you learn a scripting language like lua/ruby/python you will be able to get things done a lot faster if you are just making something small and im guessing you dont care about execution speed if you are just learning.

If you have your heart set on the above then I suggest C, but it will make much more sense to you after studying assembly and operating systems. You will have a lot more fun with a higher level language for now I believe.

[poohat]

Definitely C, its the one language that basically everyone working with computers needs to know. C++ is more 'practical' in some sense, but all the OO stuff gets in the way of the parts that are most important to learn (pointers, and how to write fast code). Besides you'll learn enough about OO in java and software engineering classes. If know C and Java then you basically know C++ anyway.