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In article <1993Jan2.163028.8829@netcom.com>, jimlynch@netcom.com (Jim Lynch) writes:
> In article <1992Dec24.172333.7339@grebyn.com> malak@grebyn.com (Michael Malak) writes:

> >You should always start out with the official books:
> >
> >For C, it is _The_C_Programming_Langauge_ 2nd ed. by Kernighan & Ritchie
> >For C++, it is _The_C++_Programming_Language 2nd ed. by Stroustrup
> 
> No no no no no no no no no no no no. These books are _unreadible_ to a
> beginner.  However, they can be quite valuable as a reference (whenever
> you get around to learning how to read them...)

Not in my experience.  K&R-I and -II are among the most readable books
I know on programming languages.  I learned C from Brian Kernighan's
tutorial, well before K&R was published, and I had only a couple years
of experience in FORTRAN and BASIC at the time.  The K&R books are
improvements over that tutorial.

The trick is not to try to take them all at once.  Take each chapter by
itself and work with the stuff in it for a couple of days before you go
on to the next.

As far as C++ is concerned: if you know C, Stroustrup-II is the best book
out right now; if not, Lippman-II may be better for you.  (I haven't taken
a thorough look at Lippman-II; this comment is based on my reading of
Lippman-I).
-- 
 (This man's opinions are his own.)
 From mole-end				Mark Terribile

 mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us, Somewhere in Matawan, NJ