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Newsgroups: misc.jobs.offered,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c-cat,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,alt.syntax.tactical,comp.lang.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!brockman From: brockman@netcom.com (daniel brockman) Subject: Re: Beginner to C/C++ looking for some good books Message-ID: <brockmanDDLJDL.2IJ@netcom.com> Organization: Life, Liberty, Love, Money and Art References: <0sh80405$w$7@news.iostream.com> <401oqj$n1m@natasha.rmii.com> <40b4i2$egf@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 06:29:45 GMT Lines: 33 Sender: brockman@netcom20.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au misc.jobs.offered:189597 comp.lang.c:110065 comp.lang.c++:120279 comp.object:30602 comp.lang.eiffel:8885 alt.syntax.tactical:912 comp.lang.misc:17064 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:128 In article <40b4i2$egf@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> psilocyn@ix.netcom.com (Jeff W. ) writes: >I've been trying to learn C++ on my own with the online books that come >with Borland C++ 4.5, but I'm having trouble understanding them. So I C++ is philosophically unsound. it is nonsense. no one can understand nonsense. Don't worry about it. >checked out a few tutorials, and they made things easier, but they >assumed I k >new C. The only C I know is stuff like printf, scanf, getch. I Thats plenty. >decided to learn C++ before C, the majority of people suggested that. >So, I'm looking for a good book to teach me how to program Windows (I >first want to d >o Windows stuff, then DOS stuff) applications in C++. If makes any Spend a little more money and get MS Visual C++. Borland lost the race. >difference, I already know Turbo Pascal 7, a small amount of Assembly, >and Visual Basic. Some people mentioned those "Teach Yourself C++ in >21 Days" boo >ks, are these good? Thanks. Ooops, one more thing, should I even >bother to learn C? perhaps for archaeological interest. its dead, though. db -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Brockman San Francisco brockman@netcom.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------