# I accidentally learned C++ (or C...or Both!)

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**Created:** [April 17, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466 "2020-04-17T04:07:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466/1 "2020-04-17T04:07:00Z")

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These online tutorials are dangerously effective 😛

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/2X/b/b7d406e38c4341e8de5b35fb613c148c4be295f3.jpeg "I accidentally learned C (and probably C++ as well!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikuDu_JZEA0)

(Thanks to the awesome [hackertyper.net](https://hackertyper.net))

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466/2 "2020-04-17T18:11:16Z")

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Turns out it might be C code? I guess I learned two languages!!!

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**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466/3 "2020-04-17T18:59:16Z")

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You could of started learning in 2011, much to catch up on K-man.

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466/4 "2020-04-17T19:49:51Z")

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Too bad you didn’t learn [COBOL](https://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/2020/04/13/if-youre-an-expert-in-cobol-youre-suddenly-in-high-demand/).

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**Author:** ![prg9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@prg9](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/prg9)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466/5 "2020-04-17T23:56:06Z")

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> ^ The 60-year-old computer language still powers some government office technology.

I thought after reading that it was gonna talk about Win XP. 😂

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466/6 "2020-04-18T03:50:41Z")

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I read about the Cobol problem a few days ago and looked at some online tutorials. It is definitely _ **very** _ different looking than the modern languages I have seen over the years! 🤖

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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-accidentally-learned-c-or-c-or-both/642466/7 "2020-04-18T12:44:38Z")

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I’ve never used COBOL before, but of the examples I’ve seen, I remember it feeling almost SQL like at times. Should be easy enough to pick up for a side hustle, right? … 😬