How difficult is C++???

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supermariogalaxy said:
Woo hoo....just did another project with 70 lines of code....Does anyone know where I can get Microsoft Visual Studios for free???? I'm using Dev C++ right now, and I think MVS might be better...

 Illegally.  I wouldn't recommend it though.  It is a nice tool, but it is  *VERY* hand-hold-y.  I would stick with Dev-C++ just because honestly, the fewer features you have right away, the better your learning will be. At least, in my opinion it was.  The problem with advanced IDEs like that is that they make coding for work or whatever very efficient and easy - however, if you are learning, the things they abstract away are the things that help you learn what is going on underneath the program. 

If you don't have to manage memory, for example, you won't know when to use the stack and when to use the heap (basically, whether to use an Object* or an Object).  If you don't have to deal with c-style strings, you won't know why there is a possible security problem when using memcopy, etc.

So, while you should feel free to use Visual Studio (although its expensive), keep in mind that if you just want to learn there are better tools out there.