Guess what! I'm writing a post with almost the same title as one of the blogs I'm following! Yay!
WOW. I'm bored and I have a stomach ache, so there.
Okay so C++ is this nifty little program that smart people can use to do nifty little things and make other nifty little programs. Sounds simple when put in such childish terms, no? Well guess what. IT ISN'T!
I got this free version because I want to get the real version for free and its a really long story that absolutely nobody on this planet cares to hear. The important part is I have a free version of an uber complicated program that is supposed to be good at interfacing with your CPU or something. Wonderful. Now what does that mean?
Apparently you can make all sorts of little applications and games and whatnot and create lifelong memories with your loved ones. That is what Something-or-other Russel said. She works at Microsoft and she basically is quite attractive. But I think her hair might be dyed. Black too. Either that or she has some really black natural hair. Whatever, it isn't important. So this Russel gal, lets name her Jimmy for the sake of simplicity, talks about how wonderful and simple C++ is, and how her introductory video is "going to be a real treat." She also mentioned that to anybody knowing anything at all about programming, this video would likely teach them nothing. I took this to mean that it would teach me something. I was wrong.
Jimmy goes on to say some more random non important words and then we begin. She shows us how to find the free downloader online and install it. I was thinking "Wonderful, I'll be a masterful programmer after this little venture is done." Wrong! Fifteen minutes into the video, once it is installed and she starts telling you about some of the new features and whatnot, she drops the bomb. "This video is not to teach you about the language of C++ or it's syntax, it is expected that you are competent in that area before watching." What?!? Then what exactly is the point of this video? Who knows! I did learn how to make the cmd box pop up saying Hello World! and that it is common for programmers to do that when using a new language. It was a little bit helpful in teaching, but really I just copied down everything Jimmy wrote and pretended it was my very own. Sad, really.
Sorry if this post seemed a bit on the whiney side, I was really quite thrilled to find a video designed to teach me, with a good looking teacher and all, only to discover that it would only teach me how to pirate somebody elses code for their program. How neat!
WOW. I'm bored and I have a stomach ache, so there.
Okay so C++ is this nifty little program that smart people can use to do nifty little things and make other nifty little programs. Sounds simple when put in such childish terms, no? Well guess what. IT ISN'T!
I got this free version because I want to get the real version for free and its a really long story that absolutely nobody on this planet cares to hear. The important part is I have a free version of an uber complicated program that is supposed to be good at interfacing with your CPU or something. Wonderful. Now what does that mean?
Apparently you can make all sorts of little applications and games and whatnot and create lifelong memories with your loved ones. That is what Something-or-other Russel said. She works at Microsoft and she basically is quite attractive. But I think her hair might be dyed. Black too. Either that or she has some really black natural hair. Whatever, it isn't important. So this Russel gal, lets name her Jimmy for the sake of simplicity, talks about how wonderful and simple C++ is, and how her introductory video is "going to be a real treat." She also mentioned that to anybody knowing anything at all about programming, this video would likely teach them nothing. I took this to mean that it would teach me something. I was wrong.
Jimmy goes on to say some more random non important words and then we begin. She shows us how to find the free downloader online and install it. I was thinking "Wonderful, I'll be a masterful programmer after this little venture is done." Wrong! Fifteen minutes into the video, once it is installed and she starts telling you about some of the new features and whatnot, she drops the bomb. "This video is not to teach you about the language of C++ or it's syntax, it is expected that you are competent in that area before watching." What?!? Then what exactly is the point of this video? Who knows! I did learn how to make the cmd box pop up saying Hello World! and that it is common for programmers to do that when using a new language. It was a little bit helpful in teaching, but really I just copied down everything Jimmy wrote and pretended it was my very own. Sad, really.
Sorry if this post seemed a bit on the whiney side, I was really quite thrilled to find a video designed to teach me, with a good looking teacher and all, only to discover that it would only teach me how to pirate somebody elses code for their program. How neat!
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