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#! rnews 2025 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!uknet!bcc.ac.uk!is.bbsrc.ac.uk!arco7.cc.bbsrc.ac.uk!enger From: enger@arco7.cc.bbsrc.ac.uk (john enger) 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 Subject: Re: Beginner to C/C++ looking for some good books Followup-To: 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 Date: 26 Sep 1995 11:42:54 GMT Organization: BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Lines: 19 Message-ID: <448ovu$111@is.bbsrc.ac.uk> References: <439l83$dqq@ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu> <43c49e$c22@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: arco7.cc.bbsrc.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au misc.jobs.offered:233119 comp.lang.c:115225 comp.lang.c++:127213 comp.object:32371 comp.lang.eiffel:9487 alt.syntax.tactical:1105 comp.lang.misc:17503 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:208 MagiconInc (magiconinc@aol.com) wrote: : If this thread was originally discussing why C is better than C++ why is : it entitled "Beginner to C/C++ looking for some good books"? : I, too, am looking for such books, and I feel bound to say that I found : your contribution less than illuminating on this point. : Paul Magnussen People actually wanting to find out what some good books are, probably won't get this far, because of all the off-topic crap being posted. *However*, if they have, I'd recommend `A Book on C' by Al Kelley and Ira Pohl for learning C (1st Ed = K&R C, 2nd Ed = ANSI C, both still in print), and once you've worked through that, `C++ for C programmers' by Ira Pohl. They're both reallt good - at least, they suit my brain perfectly. :-) ========================= john.enger@bbsrc.ac.uk ============================