27 Apr
2004
27 Apr
'04
7:41 p.m.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:19:50PM +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
If you want to learn C, install one of the free unices
and run gcc. Oh,
and buy K&R -- you'll be glad you did. I couldn't understand any of the
'learn C in 2 weeks' type of books, I thoguht C was well beyond me. Then
I bought K&R and was writing simple programs the same afternoon. K&R is
expensiver per page I guess (it's a thin book), but it's full of
information, and it's logically set out.
I have to agree with endorsing K&R... That's how I learned C twenty years
ago. I don't think any of the books that have followed have done as good
a job of presenting the material. Yes, C has changed, but that's window
dressing compared to the underlying concepts.
I still keep a copy handy when I'm starting a project (just as I always
have the Camel book around for Perl).
-ethan
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