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learning a language like Perl, Python, Ruby, Lisp, or Scheme will be a lo t more fun.

Depends on your definition of fun :)

Many people swear by ObjectiveC, calling it "object oriented C done right". I know the syntax, but haven't used it enough to be familiar with it's ups and downs. But if you're looking into learning an object oriented style language with a C background, ObjC might be the thing to look into.

Objective C is essentially C with an object system that uses Smalltalk-like syntax. _Incredibly_ simpler than C++'s object system; I would MUCH rather write Objective C than C++... It would be expected to be a bit slower than C++ due to more dynamic handling of method dispatch, although that's probably only by a small percentage. -- let name="cbbrowne" and tld="acm.org" in name ^ "@" ^ tld;; http://cbbrowne.com/info/lsf.html Rules of the Evil Overlord #7. "When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?" I'll say, "No." and shoot him. No, on second thought I'll shoot him then say "No."" <http://www.eviloverlord.com/> -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml