So this semester we're being taught C/C++ which now seems to me like a distant memory from high school days.
The professor decides to use visual studio for something as trivial as variables and pointers and as I went through the syllabus, it won't get any harder and will stick to this simple stuff.
As much as I find VS awesome, when there is a simpler approach available, why go the tougher way?
The same could easily be achieved from a ~15 compiler or even that 16bit compiler we used in our high school that couldn't even use mouse as an input. Am I over thinking this? .-.

Because you are also learning visual studio not just the language itself.

@Xunie yeah fuck these idiots for trying to prepare you for the majority of jobs out there.

not all people learn the same. I found the barrier to command line compilers too high because it's not what I'm used to and I was young. Including all the files as parameters felt cumbersome and remembering flags confused me Running something like VS helped me ignore that and get results straight away so that my interest could be stoked and I had the desire to find out more on my own or just tinker with things. (true of c#, vb and Java. Admittedly not c but maybe that's why I avoided it for so long)

It comes of a bit elitist and bitter to say someone's fucking stupid for not doing it your way. Perhaps it's this sort of angst and ingrained opinions that turn people of development!?

Also nothings stopping you learning the other stuff anyway? Does it matter what other people do, compile your own projects how you want...

(@xunie this was written before seeing your second comment where you make a similar point. Leaving my comment just not as a direct reply as it's not relevant)

@Xunie yup probably a bit of a personal response, saw your second comment and realised I was putting a certain amount of words in your mouth, sorry!

I think I was just misunderstanding as I agree fully better support should be given from university's! Some of my lectures did what was easy, some did what was hard but provided support. And some just didn't seem to care and just dropped you in it! Unacceptable given the recent UK fee rise