Re: rotflmao

[Gleef <dzol virtual-yellow com>]

On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, James Green wrote:
> In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.990401172834.24415H-100000@quoll.daa.com.au>,
> James Henstridge <james@daa.com.au> writes
> >If you already know a programming language, I would suggest any book
> >without "teach yourself ... in 21 days", "idiots guide to ..." or "... for
> >dummies".  I personally learned C using "Programming in ANSI C" by Stephen
> >G. Kochan, but I don't know if that is still available.  Also, probably
> >don't go for a book thicker than about 2 or 3 centimetres, or it will take
> >forever to learn :)
> 
> Is there are C++ involved in Gnome? I'm currently a 2nd yr Comp Sci
> student learning the language and I'd love to help out. BTW I started
> out in C doing my A-Level Comp Sci project (an Acorn GUI BBS that never
> quite worked ;)

Most of GNOME is done in C, but there are (from what I hear) excellent C++
bindings for GTK+ and GNOME in the GTK-- module.  If you want an example
of a GNOME program in C++ check out gnometris, in the gnome-games module.

Best of Luck,
-Gleef