While we're talking about good books does anyone have a good suggestion for learning C? Ken
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Charles Curley < [email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 09:58:45AM -0700, Daniel C. wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Jacob Fugal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I already knew perl when I got this one, so I don't know how good of a > > > "learning perl" book it makes, but Perl Best Practices is really good. > > > > I have a friend who used to write Perl while high on LSD. It ran > > fine, and worked, but when he looked at it later he had no idea how or > > why. For this and other reasons, I find the idea of Perl having "best > > practices" to be slightly amusing. > > Odd. I don't recall "Take LSD" as one of the Best Practices. > > > > > (This should be taken as an amusing anecdote and not as an invitation > > to start a flame war. > > As I started reading this, I thought you were going to say, "... and > not as an invitation to take LSD." > > -- > > Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards > and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email > http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email > > Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFJsInW//ZMSE7N39sRArUWAKCS/b7gzQ3cnwnicODNcwxGmkJtZgCgk2JX > YBeIoA8iQY9KfHIeWenOXBY= > =R0dd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > -- Kenneth Jordan [email protected] /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
