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> Jon Noring writes:
>
> 4) What books would you recommend in learning C (my wife might want to take
>    classes - I do better teaching myself)?  And of course, since I will be
>    doing programming on a PC, what books would you recommend that are
>    specific to that platform, especially w.r.t. memory management as well
>    as graphics?


I MUST get up on my soapbox for just a moment and say that I HIGHLY recommend
"PRACTICAL C PROGRAMMING", by Steve Oualline. Published by O'Reilly &
Associates, Inc. ISBN 0-937175-65-X ( Look for a book with a cow on the cover
-- and that's the one! )

This book was, for me, my 'break-through' book. I had bought a ton of other
books before, and all had failed me ( or had I failed them? ). This one did
the trick. It's aimed at both UNIX and DOS users and it will take you from
zero right on up to the point where you will have a good foot-hold into the
language.

After that, go and get a copy of K&R ( "THE C [ANSI C] PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE"
Second Edition, by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie. Published by
Prentice Hall Software Series. ISBN 0-13-110362-8 ) and you should be just
fine until you start to feel the urge to spread a bit more and then other
books become quite obviously necessary.

Hope that helped -- and good luck!

Marc


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