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- From: "Eric W. Bradway" <ebradway@microsports.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Please help a newbie!!
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 17:13:32 -0500
- Organization: Micro Sports, Inc.
- Message-ID: <310E980C.1DB1@microsports.com>
- References: <4ebd2a$nvf@netnews.mis.net> <1996Jan27.020112.8824@ohstpy> <4eljfa$m8u@svadilfari.ifi.uio.no>
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- Jan Kroken wrote:
- >
- > In article <1996Jan27.020112.8824@ohstpy>, vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
- > > In article <4ebd2a$nvf@netnews.mis.net>, kiba@mis.net (Foxwolf) writes:
- > > > I'm just a newbie at C, and would like to know the best way to ease into learning it.
- > > > Please email me. Any help is appreciated!
- > >
- > > Get a C compiler and a book.
- >
- > Book: Kernigham&Richie:The C Programming Language:2ed.
- >
- > Compiler: Dos: Turbo C/C++ v3.0 or MS C v5.0 or newer.
- > Win: Turbo C++ 3.1 for Win
- > UNIX: gcc (free)
-
-
- Or, since K&R is a little out dated (but a necessity for all
- programmers' bookshelves), buy a copy of the Mix C compiler and
- tutorials. For about $60 you can get a couple good books for reference
- and learning and a pretty good compiler (for DOS only). For a few more
- bucks they'll even throw in the source code.
-
- I should say, before I get flamed to death, that if you really want to
- learn what C is all about and don't want a major investment (both in
- hardware and software), get a copy of Linux. It includes a C/C++
- compiler and source code for the entire OS (the best way to learn is by
- example and this gives more examples then you can stake a shick at). Not
- to mention it runs nicely on a 386 with 8 megs of RAM.
-
- -Eric
-