Aish..... Many people do prefer C++ for some reason. Can anybody please tell me at least 5 reasons why should I love C++?

I can admit that many industries want those who can program C++. Moreover, most (or even.. all..?) of the Game companies want those who can program C++

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it really depends on the applications (software) u would love to develop !

because if u know C++ u know 90% of all other programming langauges out there

and on the plus side, C++ teaches u true software development, because u must know the syntax before u can really program using c++

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1. It will get you far in programming.
2. If you like games it can help to make them really good.
3. Theres a lot of challenges so you dont get bored of the language and want to move to another.
4. There are many examples of how to do things out there which makes your learning experince good and not a pain.
5. It looks so complicated to total n00bs which means when you write it they think you really good lol

There mine, not all very technical but still reasons!

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Well, currently.. I do learn C++
It's weird to me at first since I've Java background (I can admit that Java is much easier programming language). I'm using Deitel's book 5th Edition for C++ programming language. I can't wait to get to Networking part of it

I'm interested with networking software and multiplayer games that's dealing with puzzle

isn't this true for all programming languages?

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Wow, you are just like me, when i first started learning good ole VB6 the things i learnt after the basics were the winsock control, i also made a game in VB6 just a simple tic-tac-toe game with basic computer AI, did make it as hard as playing against a real person though so it was good

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Yay Lee, let's create some addicting games
That would be fun project for my boring summer lol.. once I'm done with this summer school

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Welcome, Supreme Kai!

Regarding why someone should love C++:

1. You do your own memory management, meaning you can tweak things using wonderful features such as pointers to speed things up.
2. When you learn a little about Assembly programming, you can use inline assembly to do a few things extra (such as do something to the program if the carry flag is set), though the syntax varies from compiler to compiler since assemblers and architectures are so varied themselves. As far as I know, you cannot use any form of inline ASM or even inline bytecode in Java.
3. While it is true that you can compile Java applications to native code, C++ has always done that. Simply put, it is more reliable when compiled to native code.
4. While C++ can be complicated, it isn't exactly difficult when compared to C (writing your own addition function in C can be a nightmare). I can say the following statement about any programming language: There's no "magic" behind it. You have to remember that it is only 1s and 0s. You don't directly use those 1s and 0s. You just write the code that uses them. In that regard, any programming language is comparable to Assembly programming. When you do Assembly programming, you have to know what you are working with. The same is true of C++. After all, a variable named 'x' could mean ANYTHING in a couple of years. What is its purpose? Why did you put it there and how did you use it years ago? You need to know what your program is doing. In the case of Assembly programming, you also need to know your computer itself!
5. C++ is extensible enough to be able to run on anything. C is a sort of "Super Assembly" language, and C++ is a superset of C. Now "superset" isn't necessarily the same as "better", but C++, when compared to C, does have more features and easier ways of doing things at times.

It took me a while to come up with that last one, but it is true.

Why not Visual Basic or even Visual Basic .NET? The main reason: many programmers don't consider either of them true programming languages. It is all point-and-click pretty much (at least in VB6 and VBDOS it is). Don't you want to actually type some code?

However, I'm not saying VB or VB.NET are bad at all. They are good tools for learning programming, though the extent is somewhat limited. I think Visual Basic isn't as BASIC as its ancestors were. At least some code was used back then...

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"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off."
-- Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of what is now known as C++
For more quotes by Bjarne Stroustrup, check out http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#really-say-that.

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