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Originally Posted by dangel

First off - the advice to learn 'C' as a starter language - PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!

I heard someone suggest C++ is marginalised? No - in fact, it's the fastest .NET language out there (it's effectively 'compiled' further) and MS want it to be a premier language for .NET development. Here in Cambridgeshire C++ jobs are probably the most common by far..
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I reccomended C as a starter language primarily for it's syntax, and because I think that it is a lot easier to grasp object orientation if you have learnt at least the basics of a procedural language first...that was how I learnt and it has stood me in good stead so far..just my opinion though of course It also means that you can learn about control structures, basic data types, looping, arrays etc without having to worry about the O-O side of things.

C++ is not .net though...possibly you mean Visual C++ which is a different kettle of fish, but pure C++ has nothing to do with .net That's what C# is for - it has similar syntax but uses the .net libraries instead of ANSIC and MFC..