[GNC] Accounting Modules

Stephen M. Butler kg7je at arrl.net
Tue Nov 27 00:21:49 EST 2018


On 11/26/18 8:27 PM, David Cousens wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I'd reinforce John and Adrien's comments about diving right in.  I
> originally learned C somewhere in the late 1980's from Kernigan and
> Ritchie's book and used the language for a couple of years. After that I
> moved on to Matlab and Mathematica for most of my calculation needs
> (employed by the government who paid insitutional licence fees) as they
> became available. Have never formally learned C++ (and it shows) but I did
> use a couple of other Object Oriented languages in between, so C++ generally
> becomes intelligible fairly quickly. There are a lot of online reources for
> C++ and quite a few programming forums where you can seek advice as well.
>
> The greatest difficulty I have experienced is in tracking program flow and
> locating definitions with complex include heirarchies, which was why I
> mentioned Sourcetrail previously. I won't say I am ever going to be an
> expert C++ coder, but I can now get by to the extent necessary to string a
> few library calls together. When I come across C++ features I don't
> understand, I just read around the topic. Spending some time learning C++
> properly is on the priority list for me and probably a good idea before
> writing new code. When I get desperate, I just call my son who is a
> professional developer of business software and games platforms.
>
> David
Thanks David.  That reminds me that a neighbor from a decade ago now 
works for Intel down in Phoenix.  He'll be a great resource to call -- 
and in the non-winter we are even on the same time!

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