From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 14 07:46:29 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0092F16A4D7 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 07:46:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from anon.securenym.net (anon.securenym.net [209.113.101.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D8043F93 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 07:46:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dincht@securenym.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by anon.securenym.net (8.11.7/8.11.7) id hAEFf9t07460 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org.filtered; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:41:09 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200311141541.hAEFf9t07460@anon.securenym.net> X-Securenym: dincht From: "C. Ulrich" To: Scott W In-Reply-To: <3FB0295C.70602@mindcore.net> References: <00f201c3a7dc$40706fa0$6400a8c0@desktop> <3FB0295C.70602@mindcore.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: The Peter Jennings Fan Club Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:40:05 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Alex Kelly cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another Newbie Question: C or C++ X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:46:29 -0000 On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 19:12, Scott W wrote: > Books and references- > C- Already mentioned, K&R 'The C Programming Language' is 'the bible.' > This is also generally a lousy book to start with if you aren't > programming already, but an invaluable reference. Pick up another book, > wish I knew a good starter one, but it's been a while...can try Deitel > and Deitel or (nobody laugh, have used it for Intro before..) the 21 > days SAMs series for a 'jump-start,' and THEN the Deitel/Deitel and K&R. I have O'Reilly's Practical C Programming by Steve Oualline and think it's pretty good for beginners. He glazes over a lot of stuff in the beginning, but I think that ends up helping in the long run. (Kinda like, "this is how it works" followed later by "okay, this is how it *really* works.") Coupled with the K&R book (especially the standard library reference appendix!), I'm now learning C at a phenomenal rate. Charles Ulrich -- http://bityard.net