Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-05-01 Thread Shaul Karl
> "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Two questions: > > > 1. Is there a C programming tutor list that's recommended? > > > > I have not seen any good C(++) mailing lists, there were news groups but i > > do > > not know if they still exist (comp.lang.*). > > The co

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-05-01 Thread craigw
On Tue Apr 30, 2002 at 10:02:27AM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 08:54:28AM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 12:01:11AM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > > >On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:10:42PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > [..] > > >You're learning C and

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-04-30 Thread Grant Edwards
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 04:13:13PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Two questions: > > > 1. Is there a C programming tutor list that's recommended? > > > > I have not seen any good C(++) mailing lists, there were news groups but i > >

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-04-30 Thread Brian Nelson
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Two questions: > > 1. Is there a C programming tutor list that's recommended? > > I have not seen any good C(++) mailing lists, there were news groups but i do > not know if they still exist (comp.lang.*). The comp.lang.* groups are stil

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-04-30 Thread Grant Edwards
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:53:44PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > ncurses programs are almost always icky. Consider: mutt, any > of the console web browsers, dselect. > > There is an O'Reilly book on curses. You could start there. I've got the O'Reilly book. I don't recommend it. It's l

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-04-30 Thread Grant Edwards
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 08:54:28AM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 12:01:11AM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:10:42PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > [..] > >You're learning C and ypu started with a curses/forms app? > >Curses (and esp the SysV form stuf

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-04-30 Thread Patrick Kirk
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 12:01:11AM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: >On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:10:42PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: [..] >You're learning C and ypu started with a curses/forms app? >Curses (and esp the SysV form stuff) is getting to be pretty >arcane stuff these days. There are a few peop

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-04-30 Thread Grant Edwards
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:10:42PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > I'm trying to teach myself C and am writing as little PIM to go with > mutt in console mode. > > 1. Is there a C programming tutor list that's recommended? > 2. Does anyone know of a ncurses C program that really uses forms > and is

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-04-30 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > Two questions: > 1. Is there a C programming tutor list that's recommended? I have not seen any good C(++) mailing lists, there were news groups but i do not know if they still exist (comp.lang.*). > 2. Does anyone know of a ncurses C program that really uses forms > and is well commented?

Re: Newbie C programming question - OT

2002-04-30 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 09:10:42PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to teach myself C and am writing as little PIM to go with > mutt in console mode. > > To date, my only programming type experience has been developing > mult-user databases for contact management in VBA. > > I