From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Mar 14 13:45:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.139.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04DD537B404 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 13:45:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with UUCP id g2ELjEk90532; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:45:14 GMT (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.za) Received: from grimreaper (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g2ELgS0n087104; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:42:28 GMT (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.za) Message-Id: <200203142142.g2ELgS0n087104@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: anderson@centtech.com Cc: Cliff Sarginson , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Perl to C - book recommendations References: <3C911615.1722C487@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <3C911615.1722C487@centtech.com> ; from Eric Anderson "Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:28:53 CST." Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:42:28 +0000 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Thats hard to find with that little info.. got more? author? The C Programming Language, 2nd Ed. Kernigan & Richie. Run, do not walk; buy this book. M > Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 02:28:02PM -0600, Eric Anderson wrote: > > > Just curious if any of you have any good book recommendations to learn C (not > > > C++). I'm a perl guy now, and know a little bit of C, but would like to learn C > > > easily without the boring "a program is a list of commands ..." stuff. I just > > > need the "here's how you do this, this, and that. Here's an example and why it > > > works/doesn't work". > > > > > Well you are ruined now. You have learnt perl the paragon of ugliness, > > and now you want to learn "C" the paragon of conciseness and with at > > least some semblance of discipline in it's design..:) > > > > The *only* book for you is the Bible, K&R, Second Edition. > > > > -- > > Regards > > Cliff Sarginson -- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > If at first you don't succeed, sky diving is probably not for you. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message