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Teaching `class`es and objects in C++ to university students
To learn classes and objects at my university, students are required to develop a simple game (nine-mens morris or something similar) using Java. Java is used because of its libraries and tool ...
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Why Java does not allow function definitions to be present outside of the class?
Unlike C++, in Java, we cannot have just function declarations in the class and definitions outside of the class. Why is it so?
Is it to emphasize that a single file in Java should contain only one ...
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Why am I seeing so many instantiable classes without state?
I'm seeing a lot of instantiable classes in the C++ and Java world that don't have any state.
I really can't figure out why people do that, they could just use a namespace with free functions in C++, ...
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Why is it good to split a program into multiple classes?
I'm still a student in high school (entering 10th grade), and I have yet to take an actual computer course in school. Everything I've done so far is through books. Those books have taught me concepts ...
