Spreading C++ knowledge like legs.. on toast.

[Xeros]

I'm going to be using this simple C++ program full of comments to help teach a fellow friend. He is my student, even though I am barely experienced.

// Author: Nohbdy Ahtall
// Date: July 17, 2010

/* This program will ask for your name,
it will then ask you to re-type your name
exactly if you want to have the computer
make a sound.*/

#include <iostream> // this loads the preprocessor directive which includes "cout" and "cin"
#include <string> // Wtf is this? ... Just kidding, it loads the "string".. thing.

using namespace std; // This is for lazy people who can't type "std::" before every... thing(e.g. "std::cout" instead of "cout).

int main() // A program always starts at the "int main()" no matter where it is, at least that's what I heard.
{ // This is a bracket, everything in between the brackets is called the "scope", right?
    cout << "What is your name?" << endl; // This asks you for your name, you know, in English.
    string YourNAME; // This is where the name you enter will be stored in the computers BRAIN :O ZOMG.
    cin >> YourNAME; // This is where you finally answer the poor computer's questions. The computer could have done billions of additions within the seconds it took you to read and answer.
    cout << "\nHello " << YourNAME << ", nice to meet you." << endl; // It says your name back to you because, as I just FUCKIN' ALREADY SAID, YourNAME equals whatever you typed.
 // There is nothing here, except for this comment. Is a comment really nothing though?
    cout << "If you'd like to hear a sound, re-type your name!\n(Your Name is " << YourNAME << " by the way)\n"; // If you'd like to make a call, please hang up and try again. This is where the copmuter says you're name, in case you're an idiot.
    string RetypeNAME; // Yep.
    cin >> RetypeNAME; // (See above)

    if (RetypeNAME == YourNAME) // If the second thing you typed is the same as the first, then...
    { // This is a bracket within two brackets, don't ask questions.
        cout << "\n#@$% you " << RetypeNAME << "! Ahahahaa!\a\n\n" << endl; // Wtf? Fuck you too computer!
    }
    else // Otherwise, do this...
    {
        cout << "......Fine then...dick." << endl; // Right here the program is an asshole.
    }
    return 0; // This information is confidential.
} // }

[Orcus]

messy ass comments

[Nokes]

what the hell!? something messed up my Emesene!

[Pirate Balloon]

java's better

[Xeros]

I am sure Java is better when it comes to ease of coding, but that isn't an issue for me, nor do I really see it as an issue for anyone other than... people who don't like to code a lot. I know the counter-argument, where if that's the case then why not write assembly or machine code. Well, C++'s focus on re-usability kinda solves that problem and in my opinion that's to be my counter-counter-argument.

Also for what I'm about to say, I'm not saying "Java is slow"..... but honestly, every single Java program I encounter on this computer does indeed always show some amount of slow-ness or lag, so, for me and my computer Java IS slow.

That may not be an issue when it comes to today's personal computers(other than mine), but I plan on also working with memory-efficient robotic hardware and other customized hardware.(Not to mention that I need to deal with this 256mb RAM computer at the present time for learning, I want to make sure a program is being slow because of me and not the computer)