Do i need to learn C and C++ before learning C# and .Net?

Question

Do i need to learn C and C++ before learning C# and .Net? I am not an IT graduate. Please advise.

Sunny Sharma · Answer

Hi Soni C# and C are so radically different in terms of programming paradigms. C# language is intended to be a simple modern general-purpose object-oriented programming language. So It's probably better that you don't know C. The idioms are very different. My suggestion is that if you're a non IT guy and intended to Learn C# just start with that. Hope it helps :)

soni verma · Answer

Hi Sunny Thank u so much for the info. Really helped me a lot. I would start off with the C# course from tomorrow without worrying about C and C++. Thanks again.

Vulpes · Answer

As Maha said it's certainly not necessary to know C/C++ or any other programming language before you can learn C# which I've always thought makes a good 'first language' for IT students. However you should be able to learn C# more quickly if you already know C/C++ because the 'control flow' statements: if/else for while do switch break continue goto and return are much the same in all 3 languages. The downside is that there will be some things which you need to 'unlearn' - for example the distinction between classes and structs is not the same in C# as it is in C++ and unlike C++ C# doesn't support multiple inheritance.

Maha · Answer

There is no any programming language prerequisite to learn C#.