jet@karazm.tmc.edu (j. eric townsend) (02/18/90)
(Mild flame alert.) In article <898@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu> sutherla@orange9 (scott sutherland) writes: > When I first decided to learn C, I was told that this book was the >"C bible", so I got a copy (not 2nd ed.). Well, it may be complete, but >speaking as a person who went from BASIC to C, it STINKS as a tutorial >book from which to learn the language. Stick with the C Primer Plus, >... >After you have mastered the basics of C, the K&R book can be quite helpful. Hm. Maybe you should learn to program first. The K&R book is excellent as a guide to learning the BNF for C, a language that allows you to write Pascalish or assemblish code as you like. If you want something to teach you how to program in the style that C is good for, try an entry-level Pascal book. (Or maybe one of the Sam's books for C, they're not too bad.) Step 1 in learning a real language: Unlearn all the stupid languages you know. I'm speaking as a convert -- I had to unlearn a *lot* of COBOL. :-) -- J. Eric Townsend University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics jet@karazm.math.uh.edu Skate UNIX(tm).
gilmore@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Neil Gilmore) (02/18/90)
In article <1990Feb18.083802.26571@lavaca.uh.edu>, jet@karazm.tmc.edu (j. eric townsend) writes... >Step 1 in learning a real language: Unlearn all the stupid languages >you know. I'm speaking as a convert -- I had to unlearn a *lot* of COBOL. :-) Not me. I spent too much money learning COBOL to unlearn it. Too bad I never use it, although I have been toying about with the idea of writing a COBOL compiler for 68000 (just as an exercise, you know, something simple). +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Kitakaze Tatsu Raito Neil Gilmore internet:gilmore@macc.wisc.edu | | Jararvellir, MACC, UW-Madison bitnet: gilmore@wiscmac3 | | Middle Kingdom Madison, Wi | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+