Boss, she is just a beginner, If in the beginning only you try to give him so much load, she will definitely run away by only looking at the content table of the book ;)
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Thomas Hruska <thru...@cubiclesoft.com>wrote: > vivek tadaskar wrote: > > you can try c by yashavant kanetkar or the best can be "c complete > reference" > > Good grief! Yashwant/Yashavant Kanetkar is one of the WORST authors in > existence. Stop recommending him. He recommends/mentions the use of > Turbo C, an ancient C compiler and does NOT use ANSI Standard code. You > will also get zero help from this group. > > When you joined c-prog, you should have received an e-mail containing > the group welcome message. In that message was a list of books that you > should read. Just in case you missed the message, here is that list of > books again and the order in which you should be reading them: > > "Accelerated C++" by Koenig and Moo (ISBN #020170353X) > "Safe C++ Design Principles" by Thomas Hruska > "The C++ Standard Library" by Nicolai Josuttis (ISBN #0201379260) > "Effective C++" by Scott Meyers (ISBN #0201924889) > "More Effective C++" by Scott Meyers (ISBN #020163371X) > > If you are learning or looking to learn C, consider learning C++ > instead. It is much more versatile and offers powerful features that C > doesn't offer. If you happen to be already reading something other than > the books above, seriously consider supplementing or replacing your book > with the above. > > If you can't afford the books mentioned, Bruce Eckel offers "Thinking in > C++" for free from his website: > > http://mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html > > And the group owner, Thomas Hruska, has generously donated his book > "Safe C++ Design Principles" to c-prog group members for free: > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/files/Books/ > > Beware any C/C++ author who does not adhere closely to the ANSI C/C++ > Standard. One very popular author is Yashavant Kanetkar who is the > author of "Let Us C". His writing may be simple to understand however > his code is non-ANSI Standard. Similar great writers have shown up over > the years who tell wonderful stories but don't adhere to the Standards > defined by the ANSI C/C++ committees. > > You should also obtain at least copy of a draft copy of the ANSI C/C++ > Standard. Draft copies are free and c-prog links to quite a few of them > here: > > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/links/Standards_001012496381/ > > -- > Thomas Hruska > CubicleSoft President > Ph: 517-803-4197 > > *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 > Get on task. Stay on task. > > http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/ > > > -- Akter Yakub Suriya Senior Software Analyst Hyderabad. (09440711663) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]