>Do you think it's better/quicker/easier to learn from scratch (think "Hello World" here) or work with an existing project/app?
C++ or C#?
If the later, there is a great WROX book C# for NET 3.0 I'm holding from the local library. I've read through first ~20 chapters, but it has a lot more.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
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