In article <39b6892f@news.povray.org>, "Thorsten Froehlich" 
<tho### [at] trfde> wrote:

> Because the someone else put a lot of R&D into it and optimised the 
> code for your platform, while you have to optimise it yourself 
> otherwise...

Aw, takes all the fun out of it! ;-)


> Well, then just use trial and error.  Start with simple types like 
> strings, vectors and lists first.  Use them in simple cases, play 
> around with them, and whenever something does not work as expected, 
> try to find out why, don't just give up.   Don't be afraid, just try 
> - that is how I got started with it after reading Stroustrup's book 
> :-)

Ok...I will try. :-)
But you have seen CodeWarrior's error messages...not terribly 
descriptive. I spent most of my time in the "error" portion of "trial 
and error".

...misc book recommendations snipped...
Thanks, I will put these on my list of books to get.

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