visual c#

[crackhead]

i recently picked up a book on c# for very cheap. i had noticed that one of the languages you can use visual studio .net 2003 with was c#. is there any point in me learnign this language? what can it be used for. keeping in mind that i dont want to be a proffesional programmer or anything liek that.

 

[Ti133700N]

If you don't want to be a professionnal programmer and don't need to program anything I don't see the point of learning a programming language. There is not a big difference between C++ and C#, especially with VS .net (even Visual Basic is similar in the way that you can take a function in any of these 3 languages and translate it easily for another.

Of course each of these languages has their own advantages and disavantages. C++ is commonly used by game developpers, C# is starting to be used in the gaming industry but I highly doubt it will be as popular as C++.

 

[crackhead]

oh right then i wont bother reading it.

 

[justin82]

well, while syntax across languages change the basic theory/logic behind vary little between language so if the book teaches you anything about programming logic it would be helpful.

 

[crackhead]

yeah im currently half way thought a c++ book though so i guess it cant be any more usefull than that.