On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Gavin Henry wrote: > I need some good books. I used to have one called "A Book On C", but sold it, > and I have been reading various tutorials on the web and the many devoted > websites. > > Anyone have any recommendations?
Well, the definitive ones are written by Kernighan and Ritchie (for C) and by Stroustrup (for C++), but I wouldn't recommend those for a refresher session. I found the C Primer Plus and C++ Primer Plus books by Mitchell Waite and Stephen Prata very accessible and thorough. I can really recommend those. After reading them please do pick up the K&R or S books for the more in-depth knownledge if you feel you need it. > One more question, should I go for C or C++? Which will benefit me more with > GNU/Linux? There is no good answer to that one. Most GNU/Linux software is written in plain C, the main exception being all the Qt stuff. I tend to use C as I like it better, but for the few large projects I did I chose C++ because I feel that OOP lends itself better for that (reusablilty and so on). However there have been fought mighty flame-wars over that so don't just take my word for it... HTH Grx HdV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
