You don't have to delve into deep pointer and memory magic to use C/C++. But if you don't there's almost no reason to use it instead of Blitz. It's not a law of physics that C code is faster than Blitz - you have to make it faster.
Many programming books at Wikibooks are actually quite good. You might want to look at the ones for C and C++ if you want to learn the language. If you know BlitzMax they are not that difficult to understand. It's just a matter of learning the syntax and some good conventions.
Many programming books at Wikibooks are actually quite good. You might want to look at the ones for C and C++ if you want to learn the language. If you know BlitzMax they are not that difficult to understand. It's just a matter of learning the syntax and some good conventions.