At 2004-06-09T111814+1200, Carl Cerecke wrote: > Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> I always thought it was Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition, following > the recursive acronym tradition (GNU etc.) > >>I want to know more about this book and where I'm > >>more likely able to obtain a copy. I don't mind a used edition and I live > >>near Christchurch. > > > >Tech books, Whitcoulls. -- Unlikely possibilities. It's available at the University Book Store at Canterbury, in the computer textbookx section (upstairs). I don't recall the price, but it'll be around $90 mark. > >> Do you have opinions on C++ books with regard to the efficiency with > >>which one can self tutor. > > > >No, I haven't any opinions one way or another about C++ books. Koenig and Moo's Accelerated C++. > The UoC computer science course teaching C used an excellent textbook > (At least, it did when I was teaching it) which is perhaps the best C > textbook in existence (No, not Kernighan and Ritchie) for learning C. I > can't remember the author (King?) You're remembering the correct book: http://knking.com/books/c/ > [1] Sourceforge states: Ruby(298 projects), Python(3320 projects) Perhaps Ruby users have better taste in their selection of hosting. :-) Cheers, -mjg -- Matthew Gregan |/ /| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
