Shift from Java to c++

Question

I have been developing applications based on C# (.net) and Java (J2EE) for the last 3 years.

But now I feel, Java, C# makes you lame (from learning point of view) and yo

Answer 1

I think you should start with C, but not as a necessary preamble for learning C++. Rather, for learning C. In other words, while you learn C put your efforts into learning the language, feeling the philosophy of the language and focusing on letting it sip into your skin. Be a good C programmer and you will be a good programmer, period. Not just a good C++ programmer -- this has nothing to do with learning C -- but a good programmer.

There's another reason for learning C first. It's easier than C++, much easier than C++, and it bridges well to C++ (in contrast to Java, which doesn't in all aspects but the most superficial object-oriented ones). I'm not talking about the syntax similarities: I'm talking about low-level programming. I'm talking about the concepts of pointers, which exist as themselves and in the form of iterators in C++. You can pass around functions in C, and you can pass around function objects in C++. C is fast to learn, and it will warm you up very effectively.

Learning C will also eliminate the fear of free functions some pure OO programmers tend to have. C++ is a hybrid language, and C truly is a subset of C++, not just by syntax but by philosophy as well.

Start by getting yourself the K&R book and drinking it through. You won't regret this.