My dear Illustrious List Maintainers, Programmers and Senior members, I have been on and off my idea to self-learn c++ programming.
I found that debian has a dedicated python list. But I wasn't able to find a list for discussing c or c++. Surely, I must not be searching properly. I have tried a couple of times, but debian-gcc team didn't respond to my earlier queries (but I shall post a copy of this one there too, just in case). c programming language is too difficult for me to engage in, as I am not as gifted as a c programmer. Also, I can't have the Object-Oriented programming toolkit and sample code repository like Oracle Java repository. It would have been great, had a programming language been developed that could address both the lowest microprocessor(machine)-level to the most advanced user level programming, reading, comprehension and application. Perhaps, AI shall fulfil this need. I learnt a tiny bit of Java programming, aided by the Eclipse IDE and Oracle Java repository, which has exhaustive example codes and object library resources, references, explanations, et al. To me open-source c++ appeared to lack these resources. Surely, I am not looking at the right direction. Could I please be given a little more guidance on the following aspects please?: (1) exhaustive example codes (2) object library resources, references, explanations, et al (3) Whether Eclipse could be used for c++ (4) Whether Device Drivers and other lower-level programs could be designed with c++, like they are done in c or assembly level languages (I am aware that KDE was written in c++, but ...). (5) Whether optimisation tools like valgrind and gdb are available for c++ also Please feel free to post any other general guidance and advice please, considering that you are actually talking to a novice. My regards and best wishes. Rajib Bandopadhyay An Open Source enthusiast
