Chapter 1. Introduction to Computers, the Internet and Visual C++
The chief merit of language is clearness. | ||
| --Galen | ||
High thoughts must have high language. | ||
| --Aristophanes | ||
Our life is frittered away with detail. ...Simplify, simplify. | ||
| --Henry David Thoreau | ||
My object all sublime I shall achieve in time. | ||
| --W. S. Gilbert | ||
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. | ||
| --John F. Kennedy | ||
OBJECTIVES
In this chapter you will learn:
Basic hardware and software concepts.
The different types of programming languages.
Which programming languages are most widely used.
The history of the Visual C++ programming language.
Some basics of object technology.
The history of the UML—the industry-standard object-oriented system modeling language.
The history of the ...
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