by vips7L 3 hours ago
I don’t know anyone that learned C++ first. Maybe I’m younger in generations, but Java was the first thing everyone learned at my university.
I belonged to the generation that graduated into the rising dotcom boom. Around that time, lots of universities taught C++ as the first serious language. (Some still started with Pascal.)
The main thing a lot of had going for us was 5-10 years of experience with Basic, Pascal and other languages before anyone tried to teach us C++. Those who came in truly unprepared often struggled quite badly.
Just after Pascal vs C craze in mid to late 90's for sure. That is quite a different C++ than the one of today however.