From: firewind <firewind AT metroid DOT dyn DOT ml DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Aid in learning C/C++
Date: 4 Nov 1997 01:24:12 GMT
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John M. Aldrich <fighteer AT cs DOT com> wrote:
> Lyjoran wrote:
> > 
> > Could someone please inform me what books are good for learning C/C++?
> > Are there any good net sites that can convey this information? THank
> > you.

> There aren't any web sites devoted to teaching C or C++; such would
> require a tremendous amount of work.  Most web sites and other net
> resources are set up along the lines of advice and tutorials about
> specific aspects of the language.  Books and classes are still the best
> teaching tools.

> My personal favorite book is _The New C Primer Plus, 2nd edition_, by
> the Waite Group, ISBN 0-672-30319-1.  You may need to look around a bit
> to find it; there is also a C++ version.  Another good one is Kernighan
> and Ritchie's _The C Programming Language_.  I don't know the latest
> edition, but there's a C++ version as well.

K&R is in its second edition, hopefully with a new one being published once
C9X is finalized. :)  There is no 'C++ version' of 'The C Programming
Language'... perhaps you mean 'The C++ Programming Language' by Bjarne
Stroustrup, now in its (I believe, but am not sure) fourth edition. While
the titles of the two are similar, one can hardly be said to be a 'version'
of the other.

> There is a set of newsgroups devoted to general programming issues in C
> and C++:  comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c.moderated, comp.lang.c++, and
> comp.lang.c++.moderated.  These newsgroups are for general questions and
> advice.  We prefer that you ask only DJGPP-specific questions on this
> newsgroup.

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