"fightermage" <fightermage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hey everyone. I am just starting my first Visual C++ .NET programming
class
> in the end of January and want to get a head start in understanding this.
I
> am an old fashioned guy who used to program in Basic on a C64, so i am
pretty
> much dumb when it comes to C++. Is this the place i can go as i go through
my
> class to get answers when the questions arise?
>

"Peter van der Goes" wrote:

>
> "fightermage" <fightermage@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DFD32FC0-6FE0-4F59-B76D-CB7646DFECFB@microsoft.com...
> > Hey everyone. I am just starting my first Visual C++ .NET programming
> class
> > in the end of January and want to get a head start in understanding this.
> I
> > am an old fashioned guy who used to program in Basic on a C64, so i am
> pretty
> > much dumb when it comes to C++. Is this the place i can go as i go through
> my
> > class to get answers when the questions arise?
> >
>
> Are you going to be using Visual Studio .NET as your development
> environment? If so, here or:
>
> microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc (the .NET C++ group)
>
> or
>
> microsoft.public.vc.language
>
> will work.
>
> If you're looking for generic C++ newsgroups, there's:
>
> alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++
>
> comp.lang.c++
>
> and others.
>
> Hope these help.
>
> --
> Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
> Jack of all trades, master of none.
>
>