C / C++ takes some time to get used to in terms of writing it.  

For instance:

Code:

for(int i = 1; i < N - 1; i++, Rn++, Ptn++) {                 (*Rn) = 3.0F * ( (*(RPtn + (*(Ptn + 1))))  - (*(RPtn + (*(Ptn - 1)))) );                 } // end for

In java, you do not have to worry about the * or the & for using pointers.  It's really handy, because as you can see, when I'm doing some mathematics, the *'s and *'s mean both multiply and deref.. and then I sometimes get confused, hence the massive amount of parens ;]

Oh, and 50 points to anyone who knows what I'm attempting to do in this formula.  An no, I 'm not multiplying a 3.0F by some other values.  If you can tell me where this algorithm comes from or what it does, you get points. ;]  And note, it's only part of it.  

(Edited by sakurag at 10:30 am on Oct. 25, 2005)

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As I go riding merrily along.
And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single?"
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C++ is touted as the best because "it's used more," but I think Java is actually the most commonly used language, and you'll see just as much C code as C++ in real programs (Linux is written in C).  

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