Re: Can pre-innitialized array be changed?

Victor... Tell me something. I have started all this C programming last
summer. I did read a book in C++ and it was very interesting and enjoyed
it.
But, Since September I started reading Petzold's book to understand Win32.
I
explained to one of my freinds whichg is a Guru in this stuff...(He was
also
certified for newsgroups) that I was reviewing linked lists and string
classes and templates. He nearly yanked the book away from me! telling me
that if I am to program in VC++, that I wouldn't need all that?

in my experience as a professional programmer, there is NO stuff that you
don't need to know.
ALL knowledge is usefull, even if you don't need it directly.
I still try to learn new things every day, because everything that I learn
makes me a better programmer.

you have to start somewhere, and there is nothing wrong with reading books,
even if someone else says that you don't need them.
and things like linked lists, maps and strings are extremely usefull. I
think I use maps and strings in about every native C++ project i ever worked
on, because they are so darn easy to work with.

I have worked with socalled 'guru's' before, and in my experience, the more
they brag and yell, the less they really know. some of them tend to live in
an imaginary world where requirements don't change, legacy code does not
exist, and rewriting from scratch is preferred to reuse.

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Kind regards,
Bruno.
bruno_nos_pam_van_dooren@xxxxxxxxxxx
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