Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 13:36:32 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: C Programing tools Message-ID: <19980929133632.F15172@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19980928214116.A10370@execpc.com>; from Frank Pawlak on Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 09:41:16PM -0500 References: <19980928214116.A10370@execpc.com>
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On Monday, 28 September 1998 at 21:41:16 -0500, Frank Pawlak wrote: > I am taking a course in C and have zip for previous programming > experience. I need some recommendations on the better books that are > available for learning C. I learn well by reading and would prefer books > that are well written with clear explanations of the material. I am told > that the prof is not that great of a teacher, so be prepared to dig the > stuff out on your own. And I thought that those kind only taught the > undergrad classes. ;-) "If you can, do. If you can't, teach". > BTW, the official text for the class is The New C Primer. Any > opinions? No. I don't know it. Have you taken a look? It might be the answer to your first question, and it's obviously a cheap alternative. It's been a few years since I learnt C, and I can't remember the pain too much except for wondering why it was so much more primitive than Algol, so my recollections aren't necessarily typical. But I did like K&R. Maybe you will too. > Also what tools (ports) will I have to have installed on my FreeBSD > system to run and compile some of my work? The prof wants me to work in > Winblows, and I explained about the bad case of hives that I get every > time I boot that S--- up. You can get by very nicely with the tools supplied with the base system, and many (most?) of the FreeBSD developers do. I personally prefer the Emacs editor to vi, but that's a whole different holy war. Apart from that, I also just use the standard tools. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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