Originally posted here by jxrry59
As far as learning goes, I was told today that cobol is easier in the sense that it is more straightforward than c++. I am taking c++ now (43 years old) and my prof thinks the M$ visual studio6 we use is garbage-It is difficult for me to judge becuase I have used borland and not much else(exceptin' visual studio)
IMO, Visual Studio 6 rules. The IDE is great, the debugger works very nicely...

Ammo