Will Mathematica do ??

Wienner · January 14th, 2003, 7:12 am

Hey guys , I am a MSF student and have been doing programming( pricing option etc.s) mainly in Mathematica. Is it sufficient by industry standards?Or, Is C++ a necessity ?? Are there any online sources from where I can read about C ++ ?? Thanks for the help.

Anton · January 14th, 2003, 8:11 am

Dear Wiener, C++ or even C# is the industry standard. all other programming languages (VBA, Mathematica, etc) are helpful, but without C++ you are considered illeterate! regards, Anton

Wienner · January 14th, 2003, 8:45 am

Thanks. Could you tell me a good book so as to get a grounding of C++ ? Thanks

endriux · January 14th, 2003, 12:38 pm

I suggest Eckel's books.Regards,endriux

Anton · January 14th, 2003, 12:39 pm

A good introductory book is :"Teach Yourself C++ in 10 Minutes"by Jesse Liberty, Mark Cashmananother one, with more applications:"An Introduction to C++ and Numerical Methods"by James M. Ortega, Andrew Swift Grimshawregards, Anton

Wienner · January 15th, 2003, 3:23 am

Thanks buddy, Shall be getting the books after my midterms. Good Luck

Wienner · January 16th, 2003, 7:11 am

Hi Guys, I got the book and I also downloaded Dev- C++ 4.9.7 as a compiler. Is this a good compiler for C++?? I have not been able to run the first lesson of James Smiley as yet. Feel kind of dumb.Best wishes

endriux · January 16th, 2003, 8:01 am

Hi Wienner, if you have some problems with Dev C++ (a quite good compiler) and if you are disposed to throw away the complexity (with advantages and disadvantages) of the IDE environment, you could start to learn C/C++ with CYGWIN. With Cygwin you can use the UNIX environment under Windows and you can use the great GCC compiler. IMHO, if you want to learn the language and compile your first code, it could be a simple solution.Then you will be able to pass to more complex tools like Visual C++ or Borland C++ Builder.endriux

trader42 · January 16th, 2003, 3:04 pm

there is also http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/

Wienner · January 17th, 2003, 5:05 am

Thanks Trader 42 and Endriux. I started with Smileys book and it took me 4 hours to run a silly Hello program in C++. I am sure I am going to face some hard times in the future . Best wishes

endriux · January 17th, 2003, 8:00 am

Don't worry!Your second program will take you only 2 hours and so on... Don't discourage!endriux