Good job!

I know whenever I finish a project, or even work out a hard algorithm its a big thrill. Its part of what keeps me in programming.

For those boo birds out there--I didn''t even have a computer until I was 14. Its all relative. Remember, you''re not competing with anyone. Just being able to write a program puts you in a echelon many people will never reach.

Finally, I think the best advice I can give is to remember to write everything as if you will use it somewhere else later on. I can''t see your code, but what would be really cool is if you could take the same functions you use in this program and use them unchanged with some sort of visual interface. The best programmers are lazy programmers--they only write the same function once.

Actually, my numbers aren''t off… Some people are just slow starters.

compfanatic:

If you aren''t trying to offend him then whats the point of posting stuff like that? All you''re saying is "look how much better I am then you".

Do some of you people just get off by telling people there stuff is junk. Or by saying, "Well you suck and I am much better. When I was your age I was programming all sorts of good stuff. That program you made aint s***"
That isnt exactly what some of you were saying but it meant the same thing.
I am 21 now and attending NCSU for a degree in Computer Science....I didn''t start programming anything until my Freshman year 2 years ago when I had CSC114 which is C++ Programming and then CSC210 which is Advanced C++ programming (i.e pointers and polymorphism and that good junk)....
Then I wasn''t doing graphics until the beginning of ''99 when I got my own compiler and downloaded DirextX SDK......then I started working on games and the like about half way through last year......
Now I think I am very good and efficient in using C++ and pretty darn good in direct draw and making games......
I guess what I am trying to say is that every one learns at their own pace and at different ages.....C++ isn''t something you can learn overnite (or even over a few months, at least not all of it) especially when it comes to graphics and implementing them in games......so get off the poor guys back allright
And to those of you who say you learned *everything* about C++ and directX and god only knows what else in only a few months then I think we should all get on our knees and worship you...
all hail the super geniuses that stay at home and do nothing but program at the age of 13 instead of interacting with the outside world (like playing soccer);


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