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- From: gglass07@ursa.calvin.edu (Gideon Glass)
- Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
- Message-ID: <gglass07.726030598@ursa>
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- Organization: Calvin College
- References: <1992Dec23.220530.15347@netcom.com> <1992Dec24.172333.7339@grebyn.com> <1993Jan2.163028.8829@netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:09:58 GMT
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- jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec24.172333.7339@grebyn.com> malak@grebyn.com (Michael Malak) writes:
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- [Much deleted]
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- >>You should always start out with the official books:
- >>
- >>For C, it is _The_C_Programming_Langauge_ 2nd ed. by Kernighan & Ritchie
- >>For C++, it is _The_C++_Programming_Language 2nd ed. by Stroustrup
-
- >No no no no no no no no no no no no. These books are _unreadible_ to a beginner.
- >However, they can be quite valuable as a reference (whenever you get around to
- >learning how to read them...)
-
- It's been my experience that you have things backwards. I taught myself
- C using K&R2 in about a month. The only experience I had before that was
- 1 semester of Modula-2 and a little BASIC. I would recommend K&R2 to others
- who have programming experience and who want to learn C. As they say,
- your mileage may vary. As for reference, I've only used it occasionally.
-
- >>For each language, you may optionally buy a more tutorial or descriptive
- >>book.
-
- >If you expect to learn C/C++ in any resemblence of a pleasant experience,
- >this is *NOT* optional.
-
- I think this is a rather drastic overgeneralization.
-
- >>The books listed above are more reference books than tutorials.
- >>Although they do start with the basis, and then build on them, they do
- >>so in a math book kind of way. Just go to a computer book store and
- >>thumb through some of the books and buy the one(s) that appear to teach
- >>the way you like to learn.
-
- >This is arguably the best comment you have made. I agree completely.
-
- I went to a bookstore and I ended up with C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.
-
- >world of the internet. Verification takes a long time. Understanding those
- >practically-unreadible-but otherwise-great reference texts also takes a long
- >time. Learning to program in C takes a long time too but not _as_ long.
-
- I thought C was a lot easier to learn than Modula-2.
-
-
- Just my opinions, etc.
-
- Gideon Glass
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