Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

...emulator development isn't really my thing anyway. I'll stick to mobile apps.

Quote:What you guys think of this documentation for c++ in 21 days?

I really doubt it's humanly possible to learn C++ in 21 days.

Quote:Is it advanced/basic? Is it a lot of work/simple?

I'm not going to read through that entire thing. And I doubt anyone else here is going to do that either. And without doing that I really can't comment on the quality or complexity of the material. I did however quickly skim through it and it seemed like a fairly ordinary c++ tutorial from what I saw in terms of what it covered.

Quote: Do you learn 3d games/emulation by the end?

You're not going to learn how to do either of those things from a C++ tutorial no matter where you get it from. Those are extremely advanced applications.

OK.thanks for all your help. I guess I'll keep looking. Maybe check some books out and search for examples and put them into practice. I'm not sure what else i can do. I guess you really have to study it, otherwise you'd only be able to do so much. I've always had respect for developers and programmers. A real accomplishment. i'm only studying law, training to be an actuary and trading various currencies and valuable metals.

Quote:A real accomplishment. i'm only studying law,

That's the first time I've seen those words together. Law is a very challenging field up there with medicine and computer science.

Quote:training to be an actuary

Wait what? Why would an actuary need to go to law school? I thought that was more of a math/business profession.

Quote:and trading various currencies and valuable metals.

This makes even less sense. Why would an actuary be doing those things?

I'm officially confused.

Also why do you want to learn advantaged programming if your career has nothing to do with it?

For a person as sarcastic as you, NV, I'm surprised you didn't see the sarcasm in his statement.

If I'm understanding him correctly, he is a man of many talents who has a lot of fun with many different fields. He listed law, actuary, and materials trading. He wants to add programming to the list. I believe he is assuming that since he could do those things he can easily become a programmer as well.

Ah. The lack of a comma threw me off. I should have read that sentence as a list of three different things but since there was no comma before the "and" I didn't. My mistake.

The actuary degree is not preferred. They accept a whole range of degrees which all rate higher than the actuary degree. Don't ask me why. I just chose law.

In terms of trading, I suppose it is a "get rich quick" scheme. By no means is it an easy task. However, done right and you could be rich. also some minerals just keep going up in price. For example, gold. Gold only appears when the biggest stars in the universe blow up, if I recall correctly. Yep, I also like science and was hoping to add developer to that list. It's not a matter of i'm just doing anything and everything, I do have a very clear idea of what I want to do as a career. However, other things are hobbies and look good on a C.V..

Edit - From what I have been taught, a comma and the word "and" never go together ever!

Quote:Edit - From what I have been taught, a comma and the word "and" never go together ever!

Shonumi get in here and tell us which one of us is wrong.

Depends on where the "and" is. For lists like "apple, orange, and gun" you're free to put the comma after orange or omit it. I like to put it there, since some people might mistake "apple" as one item in the list and "orange and gun" as a separate item in the list, implying that the orange and gun are somehow connected.

Using "and" as a coordinating conjunction requires a comma before it. You can easily tell you need one if you have a coordinating conjunction if there is a change of subject or the subject is repeated.

Consider "I brushed my teeth, and I washed my hair." Granted, the subject is the same (I) but it's repeated. Now with something like "I brushed my teeth, and you washed your hair" you can clearly see the change in subject. If no subject is repeated or no new one introduced, you should not use a comma. Example "I brushed my teeth and washed my hair." It's doubtful you did both at the same time, but you're considering them as a single event. For the first example in this paragraph, the events aren't necessarily any less parallel than the third, but you are distinguishing that the events are separate.

Thank you local grammar nazi. Your services are very appreciated.

Quote: I like to put it there, since some people might mistake "apple" as one item in the list and "orange and gun" as a separate item in the list, implying that the orange and gun are somehow connected.

^This (copyright ED2/DefenderX).