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metalmodman
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:40 am Post subject: know any beginner books for C |
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Error Inside3D Staff

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leileilol

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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:51 am Post subject: |
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Learning C++ in 21 years _________________
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Error Inside3D Staff

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Spike
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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The C Language. By Kerrigan & Richie.
Make sure its one of the later editions though. _________________ What's a signature? |
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metalmodman
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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lol k so far I have C++ for the absolute beginner its ok |
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Lardarse

Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 243 Location: Bristol, UK
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Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Spike wrote: | The C Language. By Kerrigan & Richie.
Make sure its one of the later editions though. |
The second edition you mean?
One warning: It's an expensive book... £31.95 was what I had to pay for it, I think. Might be cheaper on Amazon. |
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metalmodman
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scar3crow Inside3D Staff

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Thats the one, Kerninghan and Ritchie. You don't get much more from the horses mouth than that honestly. Seriously, check out the wiki articles on the guys, and on that book. _________________ ...and all around me was the chaos of battle and the reek of running blood.... and for the first time in my life I knew true happiness. |
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r00k
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Urre

Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 1073 Location: Sweden
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I used to have the second edition of The C Language by Kerrigan & Richie, but my ex lost it. Damn her, great book that is. _________________ Look out for Twigboy |
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dreadlorde

Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Posts: 86
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K&R is worth every single USD penny of it. I carry it around like a bible, going to C++ conventions and telling the sinners how they're going to /dev/null when they die. _________________
Ken Thompson wrote: | One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code. |
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qbism

Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 82
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Crusty old C books are the best, the ones that really elaborate on pointers.
DeSmet C manual, comes with the 5 1/4 floppies.
Quote: | Learning C++ in 21 years | LOL I have the 24-hour book, a metaphor of geologic time in which dinosaurs roam in hour 22 and mankind appears in the last 10 seconds. _________________ http://qbism.com |
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OneManClan
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"Absolute Beginners guide to C" by Greg Perry.
I cannot praise this book highly enough. It actually makes programming 'fun' - what a concept! Unlike every other programming book I read, Perry has great 'Jargon Control'; he does not use a word unless he has explained it first. Brilliant.
I went from dreading programming to actually being fascinated, and found myself unable to put the book down!
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