Re: Books and resources for a C beginner.

2005-12-30 Thread Craig McCormick
Hi all. This post is: 1) to test an issue I have had in posting to the list via my ISPs smarthost hence the different email address and 2) in response to various replies I have had to this thread 1) will serve my curiosity hopefully, 2) will be of some help to others. I have limited bandwidth

Books and resources for a C beginner.

2005-12-29 Thread Craig McCormick
Hi all. I hope not to get too much stick for this and that this isn't seen as entirely inappropriate to this list, but here goes. I'm not a computing newbie by any means, having been an enthusiast and 'enjoyed' a career in systems/network management. I think I can program reasonably well in

Re: Books and resources for a C beginner.

2005-12-29 Thread Craig McCormick
Well, well, well. How helpful are the OpenBSD community? Very, in my mind. Thanks to the advice from here, I've now decided that I'll start the ball rolling with: Programming in C Kochan ISBN: 0672326663 to get me started. I'm a bit blown away by all the hugely positive reviews of this book, at