At 08:05 2006-08-19, Noctaire wrote: > > as I commented to another. Absent many many lines (>10,000) of > > legacy C code, why learn C at all? > > for C++ I recommend the books listed at > > http://rudbek.com/books.html > >Isn't C the foundation for C++?
define "foundation" but C has a lot of oddities that make it unsuitable (IMO) for writing robust production code. > Or are we talking another Pascal; useful as >a learning tool but not much else? Pascal was very useful. >I have MS Visual C++ here, so that's the compiler/dev environment I'll be >working in. Right now, I'm looking at the books listed at that link to see >which ones I can afford (there's a few hundred bucks in books there ><Gulp!>). Yeah, I know, I bought them pretty much as they were published, so it wasn't that much of a hit on the budget all at once. I'm serious about reading them pretty much in the order they're listed and for a beginner I'd go with just the 1st two (Accelerated C++ and Josuttis's Standard C++ Library) > I'm hoping that I can get away with the first book being the only >I get for a bit yes, it will do for a while..... don't forget to do all of the exercises. They're what solidify what's been learned. >, until funds become more available; DW's been out of work >for 6 months with no end in sight, and I'm bringing in a pittance at best. ><Sigh> I'm also looking for an online class but not finding much worthwhile >there yet either. > >James > > > > >To unsubscribe, send a blank message to ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com The five most dangerous words in the English language: "There oughta be a law" To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
