From:	Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
Message-Id:	<199607050029.KAA04391@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Subject:	Re: new to djgpp
To:	norbertj AT panix DOT com (deuce)
Date:	Fri, 5 Jul 1996 10:29:19 +1000 (EST)
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<4rhaml$odn@panix2.panix.com> from "deuce" at Jul 4, 96 04:48:21 pm

> I do not mean to discourage you about your programming abilities, but
> BASIC 10 years ago has very little to do with C.  I have been programming
> many different high level languages for many years.  C presents other
> problems.  It is very powerful and terse, but not very programmer
> friendly.  It is possible to make invisible bugs.  Get a really good book
> and go VERY slowly.  I am using Waite groups Robert Lafore's Microsoft C. 
> Although dedicated to MS C and Quick C, it is a fine presentation and I
> have run across few problems (far pointers being one) in using it.  And no
> programmer should be without Kerighan & Richie. 

Kernighan and Richie? *ACK*  Man, I hated this book...  :)
 
> C is also very dependent on the compiler, linker and daunting array of 
> options that "fix" or deal with situations you never imagined existed.

Best bet is probably just to learn ANSI C, get proficient with that by
writing linked lists, trees etc, before writing more difficult system stuff
(IMHO). If you try and jump straight in, you will probably be more confused
than ever...

Leathal.

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