[Cialug] Re: Wannabe C Programmer

[Barton Chittenden <tiger@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Nick wrote:

> I'm 16, and I want to learn C/C++.
> I attend Valley High School, and I've taken the classes
> ---------------
> Programming in BASIC
> Advanced Programming in BASIC.
> ----------------
>
> I learned lots of computer science terms and concepts.
> I don't know many sorting/searching algorithms...
> I need to learn functions that I can use to make more functional programs.
>
> I can do simple stuff with C, with stdio.h and strings.h.
> Nothing more than inputting strings or numbers and modifying them.
> I'm not familiar with C's looping structures, iostream.h functions, nor the
> meaning of life.
>
> Please enlighten me.

I started C with the book _The C Primer Plus_ by Stephen Prata (I think)
It's put out by The Waite Group. It's clearly written, puts emphasis on
style, and the examples are correct. It's not a high power book, but then,
that's not what you're looking for right now.

Once you've gotten comfortable with that (ie. you know all of the control
structures of the language, you know how to use functions, and strings and
pointers aren't giving you too much hell), you should start reading _The C
Programming Language_ by Kernighan and Ritchie. If you have this at your
side, you really don't need any other books for standard C.

--Barton

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